speakup on the Raspberry Pi

Thu Nov 1 20:51:31 EDT 2012

MCM is only shipping the 512M version as far as I know.

On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Jason Miller wrote:

> Glenn,
>
> No, there isn't any soldering needed. All of that extra stuff is to expand 
> functionality. If all you are looking for is a tiny portable computer, you'll 
> need th Pi, a 5V, 1000 Mah charger, and a case.
>
> Kelly, thank you for that link, I couldn't remember where to get one in the 
> states. It was eithe relement 14, RS components, or allied, but the one that 
> delivered in the U.S. was talking 3 to 6 month on shipping last I checked. 
> But then again, it seems that everyone was complaining about them.
>
> Last note for now, about the audio clicking, and ordering a Pi. Make sure 
> that you order the newer one form here on out. It's pretty much the same, 
> with a couple things added into the audio wiring that is supposed to get rid 
> of that clicking. It's the one built in the U.K. and has 512 MB of RAM versus 
> the original with only 256MB.
>
>
> Jason Miller
>
>
> On 11/01/2012 08:27 PM, Glenn wrote:
>>  Kelly,
>>  Did you need to solder anything with your unit, or are the jacks built
>>  into
>>  the circuit board?
>>  Glenn
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Kelly Prescott"<kprescott at coolip.net>
>>  To: "Glenn"<glennervin at gmail.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for
>>  Linux."<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>  Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 7:21 PM
>>  Subject: Re: speakup on the Raspberry Pi
>> 
>>
>>  Also, if you are in the US, mcmelectronics.com carries all the raspberry
>>  stuff.
>>  kp
>>
>>  On Thu, 1 Nov 2012, Glenn wrote:
>> 
>> >  Where does one go to get a Raspberry Pi?
>> >  I went to the raspberry.org/ site and all I could find is t-shirts.
>> >  Thanks.
>> >  Glenn
>> > 
>> >  ----- Original Message -----
>> >  From: "Kelly Prescott"<kprescott at coolip.net>
>> >  To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> >  <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> >  Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:19 PM
>> >  Subject: Re: speakup on the Raspberry Pi
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  Peter, I now have speakup working on the raspberry Pi.
>> >  If anyone wants the modules speakup.ko and speakup_soft.ko I will post
>> >  them on my web server so anyone can download them.
>> >  They are for the 3.2.27+ kernel used currently on rasbian.
>> >  The only thing I would like to know is what did you do with alsactl to
>> >  stop or reduce the clicking?
>> >  I cannot seem to get it to stop.
>> >  Any information would be appreciated.
>> > 
>> >  -- Kelly Prescott
>> > 
>> > 
>> >  On Wed, 24 Oct 2012, Peter Lecky wrote:
>> > 
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>> > >  I had this problem (clicking on start and stop of playback) on py and
>> > >  also on dreamplug. But i played with alsactl parameters and on
>> > >  dreamplug it works now without clicks. I canot test it on py, i had it
>> > >  only for a while.
>> > > 
>> > >  D?a 24. 10. 2012 22:31 Jason Miller  wrote / nap?sal(a):
>> > > >  I've tried working with it, playing MP3s and WAV files and such,
>> > > >  and I get a click in the console with it. It starts to click as if
>> > > >  the audio driver is initializing, and then after the sounds as if
>> > > >  is shutting itself down. I dunno, this is a common problem it
>> > > >  seems with playing sound in the console.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  I think the new Pi board, the model b with 512MB of RAM instead of
>> > > >  the older 256 has fixed some of these issues. It's supposed to have
>> > > >  different things soldered into the board along the sound hardware
>> > > >  paths, with different capacitors and such. Don't know about that
>> > > >  for sure though.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  One of the issues I found building speakup modules into this thing
>> > > >  is that the /modules/KERNEL/build folder hasn't existed on the
>> > > >  older Raspbian images to be used, and until now, still has issues
>> > > >  I think. Going to try starting over with the latest Raspbian
>> > > >  images though and we'll see.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  Jason Miller
>> > > > 
>> > > >  Jason Miller
>> > > > 
>> > > > 
>> > > >  On 10/24/2012 04:12 PM, Kelly Prescott wrote:
>> > > > >  I have regular audio working on the Pi, so hopefully that will
>> > > > > 
>> > > > >  A little less work. I am currently using arch, and It don't
>> > > > >  think the speakup modules are there, but I will download the
>> > > > >  debian distro instead and see what it looks like. Kp
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > 
>> > > > >  -----Original Message----- From: Speakup
>> > > > >  [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Peter Lecky
>> > > > >  Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:20 PM To: Speakup is a
>> > > > >  screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: speakup on the
>> > > > >  Raspberry Pi
>> > > > > 
>> > > >  I played with espeak synthesiser and it worked perfectly. I didn't
>> > > >  tryed to compile speakup modules but i think that there will not be
>> > > >  problems with it. concerning audio output: I played with debian for
>> > > >  py and it was necessary to change output to analog manually Peter
>> > > >  D?a 24. 10. 2012 21:00 Kelly Prescott  wrote / nap?sal(a):
>> > > > > > >  Has anyone successfully gotten speakup working on the Pi? I
>> > > > > > >  saw a thread on this list which seemed to indicate someone
>> > > > > > >  had, but with audio problems. Is there any tips or
>> > > > > > >  instructions out there? If not, could people post what has
>> > > > > > >  sort of worked, I am wanting to work on this as I am going
>> > > > > > >  to replace my Linux netbook I use with a Raspberry Pi. Even
>> > > > > > >  if the quality is not the best, I am willing to work on it
>> > > > > > >  just for the challenge. Any information would be appreciated.
>> > > > > > >  Kp
>> > > > > > > 
>> > > > > > > 
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