what hardware do i need to use speakup

[Jack Angel]

Well, I'm really newbie in voice synthesis. Nope, I've got no blind friends.
Just downloaded Slackware 8.0, and there were speak-up.txt file describing
that slackware is the first linux distribution to include it into kernel. So
I read this file and thought that even for not blind people this would be
good idea to have an ability to have something spoken up. Would software
synthesizer work with plain soundcard? If so, would you please give me some
download links

Thanks for answers, I really like all that linux maillists. Oh, and I'm
going into a week vacation today, so we'll be able to talk only week later.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Re: what hardware do i need to use speakup


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> Hi all,
>
> Um, excuse me.  I think we've got a real newbie here.  Jack, perhaps
> you can tell us a bit more about who you are and why you want to
> access speakup.
>
> A synthesizer is a dedicated sound card that is especially designed
> for speech output.  You can have internal and external speech
> synthesizers.  No, they are not sold in regular computer stores.
>
> Do I take it that you are a sighted linuxer who wants to adapt a
> computer for a friend or relative who is blind?  In that case, you
> need info on synthesizers and where to get them, etc.
>
> If you are a competent linuxer, then, I will tell you that emacspeak
> does work with the Via Voice Outloud from IBM, its software answer to
> speech synthesis.    You can download that package off the net.  If
> your friend/relative wants speech access from boot-up to shutdown,
> then he/she will need speakup and a hardware synthesizer.
>
> Ann P.
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