question about Gnopernicus

[Janina Sajka]

Well, OK, but it's not much use telling me or the Speakup list. You
should say so on the GNOME Accessibility development list.

Alex Snow writes:
> From: Alex Snow <alex_snow at gmx.net>
> 
> yes I would also like hardware speech support. I think stuff would run 
> a lot faster if i wasnt using festival for speech.
> On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 
> at 06:52:07PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Actually, Scott, I went off on the case for how Gnopernicus is without
> > multiple sound sources and missed answering your question! <grin> Sorry.
> > 
> > At this time there is no hardware speech support for Gnopernicus. I
> > think there should be.
> > 
> > It's also possible that we should work on finding ways to give ESD and
> > Gnome-Speech one sound device, while keeping a second device for access
> > with apps like Jack, Beast, and all those other tantalizing music apps
> > out there. Eventually, this kind of configuration will be essential
> > anyway for doing music. You wouldn't want DEC Talk to star in your
> > magnum opus--unless, of course, you wanted DEC Talk in that opus.
> > 
> > 
> > Scott Berry writes:
> > > From: Scott Berry <scott at drscott.dyndns.biz>
> > > 
> > > Ah hah!  You answered my question I was wondering as to why my system
> > > thinks it must crash in Gnome.  Thanks for the help.  Very much
> > > appreciated.On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I've cc'd this response to the GNOME Accessibility development list
> > > > because I think you make an outstanding case. I have had exactly the
> > > > same experience myself. I, too, am a musician and most interested in
> > > > GNOME accessibility for the purpose of doing music work with
> > > > applications like Beast Gmorgan, and Jack Rack.
> > > >
> > > > I find that I can only run Gnopernicus for a minute or two before ESD (I think it's ESD)
> > > > crashes my system. The lockups are sometimes hard lockups that even
> > > > prevent me from switching consoles. My only salvation from a reboot is
> > > > to have an SSH session going from another machine. That way I can kill
> > > > the dozen or so processes GNOME is running in order to try again.
> > > >
> > > > PS: Just restarting X with a Ctrl-Alt-Backspace doesn't do the trick.
> > > > Neither does issuing a telinit 3 followed by telinit 5 from the console.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Scott Berry writes:
> > > > > From: Scott Berry <scott at drscott.dyndns.biz>
> > > > >
> > > > > I am wondering if Gnopernicus can be built with the Doubletalk installed.
> > > > > I am a musician and I am trying to work in Gnome with some recording apps
> > > > > but when I go to record I loose Festivals speech and therefore am lost.  I
> > > > > did look at the Gnopernicus site but didn't find the answer there.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Scott Berry
> > > > > Email: n7zib at bresnan.net
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Scott Berry
> > > Email: n7zib at bresnan.net
> > > 
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> > 	
> > Janina Sajka
> > Email: janina at rednote.net		
> > Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > 
> > Director, Technology Research and Development
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > http://www.afb.org
> > 
> > Chair, Accessibility Work Group
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org