Fix for DECTalk initscript problems

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

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Congratulations! That solves my problem too.

Next problem: How to set those voice parameters $VOICE, $PITCH,
and $RATE! The /proc/speakup variables pitch and rate affect
them, but I doubt that is the intended way.

Problem #2. Is there a preferred way to abandon the softsynth and
switch to another speakup driver using the external doubletalk?
For instance should speechd_up be killed? speech-dispatcher?

Chuck



On Sun, 2 May 2004, Jacob Schmude wrote:

> Hi all
> 	Well, thanks to Mr. Hanke of the speechd time who made a change to
> the generic.c module, I have been able to discover and resolve the problem
> of DECTalk not starting at system boot-up. It turns out to be one of those
> simple, should-have-been-obvious things that one feels like an idiot for
> missing.
> The Problem:
> 	DECTalk is installed in  the /usr/local tree, and say resides in
> /usr/local/bin. However, the initscripts don't include /usr/local/bin in
> their path statements, for valid security reasons. As a result of this,
> the shell couldn't find the say command and thus it wasn't being
> executed.
> The Solution
> 	Edit dtk-generic.conf. Where the say command is referenced, put
> the full path to say like:
> /usr/local/bin/say
> 	Save the file. That's it. Now it will execute properly on startup.
> HTH
>
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