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Pia pmikeal at comcast.net
Fri Jul 31 14:32:45 EDT 2009


No

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009, james collins wrote:

> Just wondering, do I need to be connected to the Internet to use freetts?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Kyle <kyle4jesus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> yasr -s "emacspeak server" -p 127.0.0.1:2222
>> 
>> should all be on one line, and yes, the quotes are required, since 
>> emacspeak server has a space in it, the -s option is looking for a single 
>> string argument and spaces usually separate command line strings. If you 
>> don't want to quote the emacspeak server part, you can put a backslash 
>> before the space, so that it says emacspeak\ server, but the quotes make it 
>> a little easier.
>> 
>> 127.0.0.1 specifies the IP address of your local computer rather than 
>> another computer on your network or the internet. 2222 is the port, or 
>> maybe you could think of it as a door, on your computer that YASR will be 
>> sending data to so that it can be spoken by Freetts. So basically, 
>> 127.0.0.1:2222 is the address where YASR's data should be sent. Freetts is 
>> "listening" at the door at 127.0.0.1:2222 for any data coming to it so that 
>> it can speak it. I hope this clarifies some of how this setup works. You 
>> are basically using network communication on your own computer, so it's 
>> kinda like how the internet works, it just doesn't leave your computer and 
>> go somewhere else.
>> 
>> Kyle
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jesus you're my life.
>> I live only to serve You
>> Each and every day.
>> --Kyle
>> 
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