Fix for DECTalk initscript problems

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this. You're changing the rate, pitch,
and voice while in speakup, so why wouldn't the /proc/speakup directory
files be used? Since you're changing the parameters from speakup, that is
indeed the preferred way to make use of them. You do this the same way you
would for other synths. BTW, pitch and rate have ranges 0-9, voice has
range 0-8 although what values work depends on the software synth being
used, values 0-7 work on dectalk.
To switch back to your ltlk, echo ltlk >/proc/speakup/synth_name and then
kill speechd_up. To switch back, change to sftsyn and start speechd_up
again.
HTH

On Sun, 2 May 2004, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:

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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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