speakup newbie

[Mike Reiser]

Can I use espeak or do I need to use some hardware synth?

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Moore" <tom at tomstroubleshooting.com>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:52 AM
Subject: RE: speakup newbie


> Some basic Ubuntu instructions follow.
> Install the speech-dispatcher and speechd-up packages with apt-get.
> Then load the speakup_sftsyn module.
> with modprobe.
>
> To get this module to load on boot add it to the modules that are loaded 
> at
> boot time with:
> echo speakup_sftsyn >>/etc/modules
>
> Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Willem van der Walt
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:35 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: speakup newbie
>
> Yes.
> Speakup is IMHO better in console mode.
> I am not an ubuntu user so cannot really give you specific instructions.
> If you use speech-dispatcher orca and speakup can co-exist peasfully
> together.
> Regards, Willem
>
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Mike Reiser wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I just joined and would like to try speakup.  I'm using ubuntu in a
>> windows VM session.  Can speakup be used on ubuntu with espeak?  Just
>> thought it might be a little better at reading stuff then orca at times
>> in terminal.  Thanks,
>>
>> Mike
>>
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