gnopernicus too fast

Alex Snow alex_snow at gmx.net
Wed Dec 31 10:57:23 EST 2003


for setting volume from the console I prefer a program called rexima 
which comes with slackware in the ap series.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 
10:18:33AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Yes, I agree about aumix. It's the only part of OSS that I like.
> 
> Tom and Esther Ward writes:
> > From: "Tom and Esther Ward" <tward1978 at earthlink.net>
> > 
> > Hi, the speech rate is very easy to set.
> > Simply do a numpad-0 and the letter 8 which should put you in layer 8.
> > Pressing the numpad-4 and numpad-6 keys will slow down and speed up the
> > speech rate.
> > Also the numpad-1 and numpad-3 keys will lower and increase the volume of
> > the speech.
> > Note, becareful to check the state of your numlock key as this all depends
> > if your numlock is on or off.
> > As far as setting volume gnome has a very speech friendly volume controle
> > located in the Gnome 2.4 main panel menu. It's location is a little
> > different in different Linux distros, but it is in the multimedia group with
> > the cd players etc...
> > If you are more interressted in setting volume from the command line there
> > is a nice program called aumix which will set your volume. For example:
> > 
> > aumix -v 100 100 -w 75 75 -m 0 0
> > 
> > Personally, I like the gnome volume controle better, but aumix is a pretty
> > nice commandline tool as well.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Juan Hernandez" <juan at labradorable.net>
> > To: "speakup" <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:06 AM
> > Subject: gnopernicus too fast
> > 
> > 
> > Hello, I got gnome and gnopernicus running.  Now my problem is that the rate
> > of speech is way to fast, also how do I turn up the volume of my sound card
> > in console and in x?  Thanks
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