Yes, I have done all these things. On Fri, 29 May 2009, Hermann wrote: > Hi, > On 29.05.2009 15:51, Willem van der Walt wrote: > > I am the maintainer of the Espeak Afrikaans voice and sometimes use the > > voice myself. > > Oh, sorry for that "Dutch". > After creating the direct file you should invoke: > espeakup -V af > > > Here is some info on the machine I have tested on. > > Please advise on how I should test? > > Script started on Fri 29 May 2009 15:44:24 SAST > > root at bid:~# echo $LANG > > en_ZA.UTF-8 > > root at bid:~# cd /sys/modules[K/speakup/parameters/ > > root at bid:/sys/module/speakup/parameters# ls > > [00m[00mattrib_bleep[00m [00mchartab[00m [00mfull_time[00m > > [00mpunc_all[00m [00mreading_punc[00m [00msynth_direct[00m > > [00mbell_pos[00m [00mcursor_time[00m [00mjiffy_delta[00m > > [00mpunc_level[00m [00mrepeats[00m [00mtone[00m > > [00mbleeps[00m [00mdelay_time[00m [00mkey_echo[00m > > [00mpunc_most[00m [00msay_control[00m [00mtrigger_time[00m > > [00mbleep_time[00m [00mdelimiters[00m [00mkeymap[00m > > [00mpunc_some[00m [00msay_word_ctl[00m [00mversion[00m > > [00mcaps_start[00m [00mdirect[00m [00mlang[00m > > [00mpunct[00m [00msilent[00m [00mvoice[00m > > [00mcaps_stop[00m [00mex_num[00m [00mno_interrupt[00m > > [00mquiet[00m [00mspell_delay[00m [00mvol[00m > > [00mcharacters[00m [00mfreq[00m [00mpitch[00m > > [00mrate[00m [00msynth[00m > > [mroot at bid:/sys/module/speakup/parameters# cat version > > Speakup version 3.0.3 > > soft synthesizer driver version 2.4 > > > > root at bid:/sys/module/speakup/parameters# cat lang > > 0 > > > > root at bid:/sys/module/speakup/parameters# exit > > exit > > > > Script done on Fri 29 May 2009 15:46:26 SAST > > Linux bid 2.6.27-8-eeepc #1 SMP Sun Nov 16 12:02:12 MST 2008 i686 GNU/Linux > > Try the following in the parameters subfolder: > echo 1 >direct > Can the file be written? If yes, then start Espeakup like explained above. > If you cannot create the file, you have to edit the characters file in that > directory, to correctly speak Africans. > Then start Espeakup with the -V option. > Hermann > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.