software synths

[Michael Whapples]

I would add to that, use speech-dispatcher version 0.6.4, this has a
specific module for espeak, rather than the generic one which I believe
occasionally was causing issues.

From
Michael Whapples
On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 11:46 +0100, Alastair Irving wrote:
> Yes, its certainly possible.  You'll need the speech-dispatcher and
> speechd-up packages, which may be provided by your distro, depending
> what that is, although they're not too hard to compile from source.
> Configure speech-dispatcher to use your chosen synth, (espeak is
> probably the easiest and most responsive), and change the speakup synth
> to sftsyn.  
> 
> HTH (I can give more detailed instructions if you need them)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Alastair Irving
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Daniel Dalton
> Sent: 24 September 2007 08:18
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: software synths
> 
> 
> 
> Is it possible to have speakup speaking through a software synth? Like 
> espeak or festival?
> If so how would I set this up?
> 
> Thanks,
>