Speakupconf

[Steve Holmes]

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I used to do it with a script for a long time too.  The one thing
speakupconf makes possible and easier is to save speech parameters for
different synthesizers so if you want to use a speakout or accent or
software speech, you can switch speech synths on the fly with talkwith
or your own script to reload the appropriate synth parameter and then
switch the speech parms for the appropriate synth.  speakupconf can
and will save speech settings for each synth in its own directory.

Speaking of which, I noticed a bug or something with speakup and soft
speech tonight.  The jiffy_delta and delay_time values came up as zero
in /sys/module/speakup/parameters whenever I switched to soft.  When I
used spkout, the values were 50.  Since I went and hard coded 50 into
those variables in my /etc/speakup/soft directory, I now get only one
of those "cat: invalid argument" messages.  I haven't figured out
which one is causing that error but I'm not getting any "out of range"
messages anymore.

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:30:24PM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a rather dumb question.  Why is speakupconf necessary?  If the  
> point is to make saving and loading of settings easier, why not just use  
> /etc/rc.local?  It should always run at boot and requires no extra files  
> or directories.  You have to run it as root but my understanding is that  
> only root can modify Speakup parameters anyway.  For example, I always  
> set my rate and volume this way.  I add a beep at the end with the beep  
> package in Debian so I know when I'm at a login prompt.  If Speakup  
> times out, all I have to do is rerun /etc/rc.local.  Is there something  
> that I'm missing here?  Is there some obvious advantage to speakupconf  
> that I don't know about?  I always created a script to manage voice  
> settings since I started using Speakup in 2000.
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