Getting speakup running with grml

[Michael Whapples]

I assume you are wanting to use software speech output as your example 
is for the software synthesiser speakup module. I will briefly mention 
support for a hardware synth after the software speech option.

GRML has a special option for speakup with software speech, it is the 
swspeak boot option. So when your CD starts to spin you should get a 
boot prompt, now enter:
grml swspeak

and press enter, and then you will hear a message in the midst of the 
booting process saying that software speech has been enabled and that 
you need to type swpseak when booting finishes. You will get a speech 
message saying that booting has finished. Please note although both of 
these messages are given by flite, the default for speakup will be 
espeak once you get speakup running. Now when booting has finished (I 
find the message comes a few seconds before the machine really is ready) 
you then type:
swspeak

and press enter. Speakup should start speaking with espeak.

Now the swspeak option on the boot prompt can be given an option to say 
whether espeakup or speech-dispatcher should be used, if no value is 
given to the swspeak option it defaults to espeakup. Refer to the 
cheatcodes docs for GRML on how to specify whether to use espeakup or 
speech-dispatcher.

If you want to hear what happens while you boot the CD, then may be the 
beginning of my podcast for installing GRML with software speech would 
be useful. It can be found on 
http://www.mwhapples.plus.com/linux/audio/grml_install.ogg.

You can give GRML the speakup.synth option, so for me with my apollo 
synth I would type at the boot prompt:
grml speakup.synth=apollo

and press enter. Speakup should just start talking (it may not happen 
immediately as the script starting speakup is well into the boot process).

You should be aware although GRML supports the speakup.synth option, it 
doesn't support the other speakup options such as speakup.ser as GRML 
has speakup compiled as modules and it is a script checking for the 
speakup.synth option and loading the correct module.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, David Sexton wrote:
> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">How do I 
> get speakup talking when I boot the grml cd?
> does it come up with a boot promptwhere I cold do
> grml speakup synth=softsynth
> does this prompt time out?
>
> </div>