current status of software speech with speakup

[Hugh Esco]

Please give me more information about how I might install yasr and speakup 
on a Debian system to work without a hardware synthesizer.  Thanks.

-- Hugh

At 01:13 PM 7/20/03 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, Jared.
>If you are looking for a software speech solution your best bet is to pass
>up speakup, and use a screen reader called yasr with the flite software
>speech system.
>A friend of mine is working on rpms for RH 9 for yasr, eflite, and flite,
>and hopefully in a few days we will have a solution which you can just
>install the three rpms and have speech up and running.
>I use yasr on my laptop rather than speakup for the reason it has software
>speech and it is a good alternative to speakup when you need software
>speech.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jared <jared-stofflett at twmi.rr.com>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:43 AM
>Subject: current status of software speech with speakup
>
>
> > I have a laptop that I want to install redhat Linux, and speakup on. I
>don't
> > have a hardware synth, or serial ports, so buying a hardware synth is not
>an
> > option. What is the current status of software speech under Linux, I've
> > scene a web page but it hasn't been updated for a while. Also I know there
> > are two different versions of software speech, and don't know which one to
> > chose? Appreciate any info.