speakup w/ software synth

[Stephen Clower]

First of all, did you install a software speech engine? If so, head over to
http://www.freebsoft.org
Download and install speech dispatcher along with speechd-up. Instructions on how to do this are on the web site.



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On 7/20/2004 at 8:08 AM Stephen Kelly wrote:

>Okay!
>
>I installed the Speakup Modified Fedora Core 2
>distribution and the system is running well. I used
>the graphical installation program and did not follow
>the step by step HowTo provided at the site because I
>intend to use a software synth of some kind and
>couldn't find specific instructions for that (synth
>keyword, etc.) So now my questions are:
>
>How do I get speakup running using a software synth
>such as sftsyn?
>I've tried logging into a text console and doing:
>modprobe speakup_sftsyn
>but nothing happens. I notice that the modules show up
>when I do an lsmod but Speakup doesn't speak.
>I've also tried doing: speakup_synth=sftsyn But again
>nothing happens.
>
>I think I've done all the obvious stuff like run
>alsaconf and made sure the audio outputs were up and
>not muted. (Gnopernicus seems to work fine as do all
>the GUI audio applications I use like Audacity)
>
>Any guidance on how to get Speakup speaking would be
>greatly appreciated. If there is any documentation
>that would help I'd also love to know about it.
>Thanks so much.
>Stephen
>
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