16 bit flite and speech-dispatcher

[Janina Sajka]

Well, and it would be useful information if 0.5 is failing on more than
one system and distribution.

If memory serves, 0.5 came out sometime in June ahead of the LSM.

Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> Hi Janina,
> 
> Hmmm ... I had this puppy working like a charm in April/May, but I
> forget what version of speech-dispatcher it was. Must have been 4.1. I
> found a log of error messages that tells me it cannot find the flite
> executable, but it is there, big as life, and I gave it the absolute
> path to it also. I may also downgrade and give it a shot that way.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> >Hi, Chuck:
> >
> >What I can tell you is that I was also unable to get speech out of
> >speech-dispatcher-0.5, even though it compiled OK. At the time I was in
> >a hurry to get this done because I had a plane to catch. So, having
> >still a copy of speech-dispatcher-0.4 around, I simply down versioned
> >and got a working soft speech Speakup system.
> >
> >Beyond that, I can't report anything.
> >
> >Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> >>I was forced recently to reinstall my system, and am now attempting to
> >>restore soft speech. I have run into an early snag which perhaps someone
> >>might help with:
> >>
> >>I am compiling with GCC 3.3.4, so I patched the flite sources, then
> >>compiled and installed after configuring for shared libraries and the 16
> >>bit voice. All is well. Flite works okay.
> >>
> >>Then I configured, compiled, and installed speech-dispatcher 0.5RC1, no
> >>problems.
> >>
> >>Next I ran the recommended test on speech-dispatcher, and the test ran
> >>through all the steps, but no speech output. The text messages
> >>describing the attempted tests appeared okay, but no sound output.
> >>
> >>I have not a clue where to look next. Any suggestions would be
> >>appreciated.
> >>
> >>Chuck
> >>
> >>
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> >
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040