intro and questions

Wed Jul 30 07:18:29 EDT 2008

Hello, I forgot to add that I've also linked the file
this way I can just type spt at the command prompt. The spk-connector is
put into /usr/local/bin as recommended by the readme.

Best regards
Alonzo
On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 21:57 -0500, Alonzo wrote:
> Hello Janina
> 
> I'm sorry if it seems like I'm completely new. I've done the folowing
> and found the binary you put up on tsynth.com.
> I've edited the file specified menu.lst and my kernel line now looks
> like this
> 
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.10-86.spk.fc9.i686 ro
> root=UUID=f78d3f62-f05a-4dab-a0f6-299adf756710 rhgb quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.25.10-86.spk.fc9.i686.img
> speakup.synth=soft
> I'm not sure if hte last part concerning speakup is correct since I'm
> not sure what version of speakup I have. I've downloaded the latest
> speakup from a mirror using git. I'm jsut not sure if I should follow
> the commands specified to rebuild for my kernel or how i go about
> patchign my kernel since speakup is already installed.
> I understand that i need speech-dispatcher and speachd-up in order to
> hear software speech when using speakup. However, on that part, I can't
> install speechd-up since I'm not successful in getting speech-dispatcher
> to work on Fedora. I can install it from source and install the 
> necessary libraries, but when trying to test by envoking spd-say hello
> the following error occurs:
> spd-say hello
> I get the following
> spd-say error while loading shared libraries libspeechd.so.2 can not
> open shared object file
> no such file or directory
> 
> So I can't continue with speechd-up if speech-dispatcher is not working.
> I'm sorry if I seem to be sending amounts of high traffic to the list.
> 
> Thank you for everyones time
> Alonzo
> 
> Please feel free to call at
> 361-219-9399
> or email privately  to the address
> mariachiac at aim.com  
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 14:50 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: 
> > It's a .gz file. That means it's compressed. It's also a binary file--no
> > make, or anything of the kind required.
> > 
> > 1.) use the gzip command to uncompress the file:
> > 
> > gzip spk-connect-ttsynth-1.1.tar.gz
> > 
> > 2.) This will give you spk-connect-ttsynth. Copy (or move) that file
> > somewhere where it can be executed from anywhere. /usr/local/bin is the
> > recommended place.
> > 
> > 3.) If you've properly loaded Speakup's software speech support, you
> > simply execute the spk-connect-ttsynth binary to get speech.
> > 
> > NOTE: How to tell whether you've properly set Speakup up depends on what
> > version you're running. If you're up to date do:
> > 
> > cat /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth
> > 
> > You should get one word, 'soft' as output.
> > 
> > I don't know how I can make this simpler. I'm sorry. I don't understand
> > what "same results" means.
> > 
> > Janina
> > 
> > Alonzo writes:
> > > Hello Janina,
> > > 
> > > I've looked at hte new files you've posted. The only file I found
> > > regarding ttsynth and speakup was spk-connect-ttsynth-1.1.tar.gz
> > > I downloded the file and found hte same results. I'm unable to go
> > > through the make process. You mention that if hte make process does not
> > > work, for me to build my own binary. I'm not exactly sure how to do
> > > this. So if there is a website explaining how to use .c files then I
> > > would like to take al ook at it to familiarize myself with these types
> > > of files. I get the same erros, make error1. It complains that htere is
> > > no value for pitch, rait, memberHandle, and a hundred other errors.
> > > Sorry for being quite new at this types of things. I used linux a long
> > > time ago, but have forgotten lot's of what has to be done. I enjoy
> > > learning though and using the operating system. I have no windows so I'm
> > > lucky I was able to install linux to use it.
> > > 
> > > Alonzo
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2008-07-28 at 19:20 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > Georgina Joyce writes:
> > > > > > 1. When using the speakup connector, for ttsynth, I just coppy the make
> > > > > > file into /usr/local/bin/
> > > > > > then creat an alias to start speak up.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > No, no. 
> > > > a. Take the .gz file you downloaded and uncompress it. This will create
> > > > a directory.
> > > > b. cd to that directory and type 'make' and press enter.
> > > > c. If all goes well, this creates a binary called spk-connect-ttsynth.
> > > > Copy or mv that file to /usr/local/bin. This is what you type to start
> > > > the connector talking.
> > > > d. But that's probably more than you want to type every time you start
> > > > speech. That's the reason to create a symbolic link to this file. So
> > > > that you can have something short to type to start speech.
> > > > 
> > > > Note that the connector can only be built on a 32-bit system at this
> > > > time.
> > > > > > 2. When I edit the file grub.conf
> > > > It's /boot/grub/grub.conf
> > > > 
> > > > > No, in an editor you open /boot/grub/menu.lst with root privillages.
> > > > 
> > > > Well, Fedora provides menu.lst as a symbolic link to grub.conf. So,
> > > > consider this an example of the symbolic link in 1d above.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > You'll see a line that starts title, then possibly root then one
> > > > > starting with kernel.  Something like this:
> > > > > 
> > > > Here's an actual Fedora kernel statement. Note there's a horribly long
> > > > UID designator for the root argument.
> > > > 
> > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.11-97.spk.fc9.x86_64 ro
> > > > root=UUID=800328ee-c064-4bfb-ad96-d4086c8cc44e vga=0xF07
> > > > speakup.synth=soft speakup.quiet=1
> > > > 
> > > > > I know that there's been some changes but I thought that the software
> > > > > synth was:
> > > > > 
> > > > > speakup.synth=sftsyn
> > > > 
> > > > Not any longer. It's now called 'soft' . See the above kernel statement
> > > > from grub.conf.
> > > > 
> > > > Janina
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