Fix for DECTalk initscript problems

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

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Okay. Actually, I forgot about the speakup commands to change
rate! I have been doing it by echoing a value to the
/proc/speakup variables.

The thing about killing speechd_up is what I was missing. I have
been changing back to the ltlk just fine, but have then been
unable to bring the softsynth back since I had not been killing
speechd_up.

The more I use this facility, the more I like it.

You mentioned the clicks once (or someone did). But you hear the
same clicks from the doubletalk if you pipe it into a decent
sound system, such as patching it into "line in" on the sound
card. Maybe not quite as bad, but definitely choppy.

Chuck


On Sun, 2 May 2004, Jacob Schmude wrote:

> 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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> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
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