IBMTTS on slackware

Mon Jun 2 16:09:00 EDT 2008

I am happy enough recompiling the kernel, but I have just checked the
slackware 12.1 configuration and it appears this is already done,
cryptoloop is a module and aes options seem to be compiled in.

I think my next step is to contact voxin and get a copy.

Michael Whapples
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 11:39 -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> Voxin requires a kernel recompile to build the cryptoloop and aes 
> modules. 
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 01:42:05PM +0100, Michael Whapples 
> wrote:
> > Good to hear that it is possible. Can I ask why you say voxin will be
> > more of a problem? Considering the significant difference in price I
> > would prefer to get voxin if possible. Its the high price of TTSynth
> > which had made me question so much whether it would be worth the money,
> > the question wasn't so high for voxin until you said that it might be
> > more difficult on slackware. Might it be less painful if I were to use
> > GRML for certain parts of voxin's install?
> > 
> > I may discuss things with the voxin people to see if I could get them to
> > help me sort out a slackware version of voxin.
> > 
> > Michael Whapples
> > On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 18:01 -0400, Nick Stockton wrote:
> > > I know it's doable because I helped a friend set up their copy of ttsynth on 
> > > their slackware box a while back.
> > > I forget if it was slackware version 11 or 12 but I think the process would 
> > > be the same for eather one.
> > > I've not ever seen any instructions on the speakup list on how to do it so 
> > > I'll write down what I did here.
> > > Lucky for you I saved the commands I enterd to a text file so I'd know how 
> > > it was done although I'm using voxin which I got for $5 and am running it 
> > > under debian.
> > > Note: this is for ttsynth under slackware. Voxin would be quite alot harder 
> > > to get working under slackware so you better get ttsynth.
> > > I've also prepended the commands with '$ ' in case my email client tries to 
> > > wrap commands to the next line. So you'll be able to see where each line 
> > > begins.
> > > You will need to run all the commands as root. You also need to have alien 
> > > installed.
> > > If you don't want to find, download, compile and install alien and all the 
> > > dependencies from source to your copy of slackware then you might want to 
> > > download GRML and use it only to run the alien commands.
> > > --------------------
> > > $ wget 
> > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb
> > > $ alien -t -c -k libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb
> > > $ installpkg libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2-2.95.4.tgz
> > > $ ldconfig
> > > $ alien -t -c -k ttsynthcore-1.0-i386.deb
> > > $ installpkg ttsynthcore-1.0.tgz
> > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enu50.so /usr/lib/enu50.so
> > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enumfilt.so /usr/lib/enumfilt.so
> > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/ssmlfilter.so /usr/lib/ssmlfilter.so
> > > $ cp /opt/IBM/ibmtts/inc/* /usr/include/
> > > $ ldconfig
> > > $ I know it's doable because I helped a friend set up their copy of ttsynth 
> > > on their slackware box.
> > > I forget if it was slackware version 11 or 12 but I think the process would 
> > > be the same for eather one.
> > > I've not ever seen any instructions on the speakup list on how to do it so 
> > > I'll write down what I did here.
> > > Lucky for you I saved the commands I enterd to a text file so I'd know how 
> > > it was done although I'm using voxin which I got for $5 and am running it 
> > > under debian.
> > > Note: this is for ttsynth under slackware. Voxin would be quite alot harder 
> > > to get working under slackware so you better get ttsynth.
> > > I've also prepended the commands with '$ ' in case my email client tries to 
> > > wrap commands to the next line. So you'll be able to see where each line 
> > > begins.
> > > You will need to run all the commands as root. You also need to have alien 
> > > installed.
> > > If you don't want to find, download, compile and install alien and all the 
> > > dependencies from source to your copy of slackware then you might want to 
> > > download GRML and use it to run the alien commands.
> > > --------------------
> > > $ wget 
> > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb
> > > $ alien -t -c -k libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-27_i386.deb
> > > $ installpkg libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2-2.95.4.tgz
> > > $ ldconfig
> > > $ alien -t -c -k ttsynthcore-1.0-i386.deb
> > > $ installpkg ttsynthcore-1.0.tgz
> > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enu50.so /usr/lib/enu50.so
> > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/enumfilt.so /usr/lib/enumfilt.so
> > > $ ln -s /opt/IBM/ibmtts/lib/ssmlfilter.so /usr/lib/ssmlfilter.so
> > > $ cp /opt/IBM/ibmtts/inc/* /usr/include/
> > > $ ldconfig
> > > $ mknod /dev/softsynth c 10 26
> > > --------------------
> > > Hope this helps.
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples at aim.com>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 3:33 PM
> > > Subject: IBMTTS on slackware
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I know this has come up before, but I can't remember any actual final
> > > > conclusion.
> > > >
> > > > Whilst I thought espeak was fast enough, I found I had to use a windows
> > > > machine last week, and it reminded me how I do actually use eloquence in
> > > > windows faster than I have espeak. This has got me thinking whether I
> > > > should get IBMTTS for linux, but I have a few questions.
> > > >
> > > > I know that IBMTTS requires an old compatibility library, which I am
> > > > unsure is provided in slackware. So how could I go about trying to get
> > > > this library? Does anyone know of a suitable slackware package for it?
> > > > If not how might I go about providing this myself from source (I had a
> > > > look around for the source code I might need, but all libstdc++ seems to
> > > > have numbers such as 6.0.x etc much highrt than what the TTSynth site
> > > > suggests, 2.9.6 or 2.9.5). Could it be possible to use a package from a
> > > > different distribution, eg. I remember back in the days when I used
> > > > trplayer, I could use rpm2tgz to convert the realplayer 8 package into a
> > > > slackware package and it worked fine, but I suspect that for libstdc++
> > > > compatibility libraries things may not be so simple.
> > > >
> > > > This brings me on to another question, whether to use voxin or ttsynth?
> > > > The ttsynth website says there won't be any support provided, so I guess
> > > > this means if I buy ttsynth and can't get it working then I am on my own
> > > > and may have wasted money on it. Might things be better with voxin,
> > > > their website says that voxin includes the libstdc++ compatibility
> > > > library (I guess for debian or ubuntu as those are the distros
> > > > mentioned).
> > > >
> > > > Alternatively I am wondering whether it would be best save the money and
> > > > stick with espeak as it is good and works, where as ibmtts sounds like I
> > > > may hit all sorts of compatibility issues and potentially have no
> > > > support from the seller.
> > > >
> > > > Michael Whapples
> > > >
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