bug in Speakup-utils

[nick G]

It isn't moot, I'll say that much.  I liked speakup config, easy easy
interfase.  This looks similar, and should be included in speakup 2.00.
Thanks,
Nick
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:46 PM
Subject: Re: bug in Speakup-utils


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> I would say that speakuputils is just about a moot point now.  The
> latest CVS versions of Speakup have additional keys for changing
> pitch, rate and volume. from the console now.  Just use speakup-1 thru
> speakup-6 to change them.  <Hmmm> no tone or voice here.  Any way,
> we're close.  The speakupconf script that can be found in
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/speakup can save and restore speech
> settings and is sensative to which synth is being used at the time.
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2004 at 09:52:34PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > Apparently, Speakup Utils has problems if the exact settings it expects
> > aren't present.  For example, with the Accent PC, there is no voice
> > setting, but instead, there is a tone setting.  So, when you arrow to
the
> > voice setting, a value of 0 is reported.  After this, all values are
stuck
> > at zero and cannot be changed.  It would seem to me that the logical
> > approach would be to skip non-existent settings.  Another approach would
> > be to make all synthesizers in Speakup have the same controls.  I.E.
give
> > the Accent drivers a voice setting and have it map to the tone setting.
> > This is basically what screen readers for that other OS tend to do.
> > Which approach seems more logical to you all?
>
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