running speakup and software synth

Fri Aug 10 10:49:09 EDT 2007

Hi,
Codi, do you not already run Ubuntu with orca?
If so, Just make sure that you have speech-dispatcher installed from a 
gnom terminal.
For speakup to work you need speech-dispatcher, a synth like espeak, 
speech_dup and the speakup stuff which is already in the kernel.
To activate speakup when you use software speech, you do not run speakup, 
but speechd_up.
You can run speechd_up once you know that speech-dispatcher is running.  
You can do all of this from a gnome terminal except running speechd_up 
which you do from the console.
HTH, Willem

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, John Heim wrote:

> Well, getting back to your original question, can you give the debian 
> installer disk parms to boot into software speech? No.  You'll need a 
> hardware synth to install from the debian installation CD.
> 
> It is possible to install debian linux via software speech. What you need to 
> do is:
> 1. Boot a live distro with speech like grml or knoppix or oralux (or maybe 
> ubuntu)
> 2.  Manually partition your disk. You'd probably use fdisk for this although 
> different live distros might have different partitioners.
> 3.  Transfer the base system to your hard drive via  debootstrap
> 4. chroot to the new system
> 5. Install a kernel
> 6. Reboot
> 
> Obviously,  each step above is  quite a bit more detailed than that. But you 
> can find documentation on manually installing debian  via google, If you 
> google for terms like debootstrap, chroot, ffdisk, you will probably find 
> them.
> 
> If you don't have a hardware synth, another thing you can do is install via 
> a serial console. You'll need a special cable for that but it costs only a 
> few bucks.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35 at verizon.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 4:53 AM
> Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
> 
> 
> > That's vague. If I boot my debian disk I won't have speechd-up nor will I
> > have speech dispatcher, so again, does a debian bootable isntall disk have
> > software speech already on the disk or will I have to get a hardware synth
> > to install.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <compgeek13 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: running speakup and software synth
> >
> >
> >> you can use an installer, but you'll have to debootstrap.
> >> just get speechd-up and speechd-dispatcher I think. and read some docs 
> >> and
> >> configure, and you're good to go.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Tyler Littlefield.
> >> Vertigo head coder
> >> "My programs don't have bugs, just randomly added features."
> >> msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com
> >> email: compgeek13 at gmail.com
> >> aim: st8amnd2005
> >> skype: st8amnd127
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35 at verizon.net>
> >> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 3:29 AM
> >> Subject: running speakup and software synth
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>>  So I hear speakup will work with a software synth like festival. Is
> >>> there
> >>> a way I can grab a debian installer and type in a command at the boot
> >>> prompt and have speakup come up running festival or some software synth?
> >>> If so, what should I type and what site should I go to to get the debian
> >>> install disk
> >>>
> >>> Cody
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Speakup mailing list
> >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Speakup mailing list
> >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > 
> 
> 
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