Well, if I understand your question, yes, the bug in the linux kernel that keeps many serial hardware speech synthesizers from working is not likely to be fixed any time soon. I can post a debian deb package that you will be able to install via the dpkg command. Actually, I can probably create a debian archive so you can add a line to your sources.list and install it via apt-get. Now that I think about it, I think I have a 32 -bit debian stable machine at home. It's pretty cool actually. It has an old ISA speech synth and a SCSI flatbed scanner. Essentially, it's my document reader. Well, anyway, I think I can compile a 32-bit kernel on there tonight or tomorrow. On 02/10/14 09:48, Hart Larry wrote: > Thanks LittleField-and-John for your analysis. > So John, if I understand, once I am in a later kernel, any current > anoyances with the DecTalk in Speakup will remain? While I am just a > user-and-certainly not a programmer, it almost seems as if emacspeak is > nearly an only speech setup with a blessing of developers. And speaking > of emacspeak, I sure would `still love to know if I could run a > emacspeak DecTalk server in place of the Speakup drivers? Thanks so much > in advance--and-certainly John, please travel at a pace which is > comfortable, as I will be away later this week. I suppose I will be able > to run your new kernel straight from the hard-drive without burning an > image? I hope, as my CD drive is jammed. > Hart > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim at math.wisc.edu
