DecTalk External (decext) testers wanted!

[Karen Lewellen]

Actually, I have a question.
  One of the many reasons  why I do not use speakup is that there is no 
driver for my synthesizer.
the reading edge utilizes  dectalk synthesis, perhaps? the same as the 
express.  the edge does have  drivers in other screen reading products, but 
not  in Linux.
Any chance of this changing?
Thanks,
Kare


On Wed, 12 Apr 2017, Keith Barrett wrote:

> I am going to do a fresh install of debian on a spare drive to test the 
> patches.
>
> Are your instructions the same for am64 and i386 kernels?
>
> Also, the default speech rate is too slow for me so can I set a higher 
> default rate during the process?  If so, how do I do this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 12/04/17 09:07, Okash Khawaja wrote:
>>  Also, these steps can be used to test all the synths and not just decext.
>>  The speakup.tgz archive contains all the patches I last submitted.
>>
>>  So please use these steps to test other synths too!
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>  Okash
>> 
>> >  On 11 Apr 2017, at 19:49, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> >  Please be careful at step 4 as it may break your system. Even on
>> >  Debian based system, the steps I have mentioned are no guarantee that
>> >  they will not break your system.
>> > 
>> >  Also, you can also access the instructions from here:
>> >  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt
>> > 
>> >  Cheers!
>> >  Okash
>> > 
>> > >  On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Okash Khawaja 
>> > >  <okash.khawaja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >  Hi,
>> > > 
>> > >  Here are the steps in detail. Before starting this, please download
>> > >  following two files that I have shared:
>> > >  - speakup.tgz:
>> > >  https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/speakup.tgz
>> > >  - tty-export.patch:
>> > >  https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/tty-export.patch
>> > > 
>> > >  1. Download Linux kernel code:
>> > >  a. download stable kernel source from
>> > >  https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.10.9.tar.xz
>> > >  b. extract the archive by running: tar xvfJ linux-4.10.9.tar.xz
>> > > 
>> > >  2. Apply patches:
>> > >  a. cd into the extracted linux source code: cd linux-4.10.9
>> > >  b. remove speakup directory: rm -r drivers/staging/speakup
>> > >  c. copy the speakup.tgz file into drivers/staging: cp
>> > >  path/to/speakup.tgz drivers/staging/
>> > >  d. cd into staging directory: cd drivers/staging
>> > >  e. extractspeakup.tgz: tar xvfz speakup.tgz
>> > >  (now there should be a speakup directory inside drivers/staging)
>> > >  f. cd back to the root of kernel source (i.e. linux-4.10.9) : cd ../..
>> > >  g. apply the tty patch: patch -p1 < path/to/tty-export.patch
>> > >  (output of above should be following three lines:
>> > >  patching file drivers/tty/tty_io.c
>> > >  patching file drivers/tty/tty_port.c
>> > >  patching file include/linux/tty.h)
>> > >  (if you don't already have 'patch' program then you can download it
>> > >  from http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/)
>> > >  h. now we have the code ready for configuring and compiling!
>> > > 
>> > >  3. Configure:
>> > >  a. make sure you are inside kernel source root directory, i.e. 
>> > >  linux-4.10.9
>> > >  b. make sure that existing kernel config exists: ls 
>> > >  /boot/config-$(uname -r)
>> > >  (this should return just one file named config-<your-kernel-version>)
>> > >  c. copy that file into your kernel source root directory: cp
>> > >  /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config
>> > >  d. update the config: make oldconfig
>> > >  (this will ask you many questions. just select the default option for
>> > >  each by pressing enter)
>> > >  e. check to make sure that speakup is configured the way you wanted
>> > >  it: cat .config | grep SPEAKUP
>> > >  e. that's it, kernel configured!
>> > > 
>> > >  4. Compile and install:
>> > >  (IMPORTANT: for this please check an online guide specific for your 
>> > >  distro.
>> > >  following instructions that i think should work on Debian based
>> > >  system. but it may
>> > >  a. still stayin inside linux-4.10.9, compile by simply running: make
>> > >  (this will take a while. depending on the hardware specs, it may take
>> > >  an hour or may be more)
>> > >  b. after make completes, check it succeeded: echo $?
>> > >  (this should return zero)
>> > >  c. now run: sudo make modules_install
>> > >  (again this may take a little while)
>> > >  d. now install kernel which should be quick: sudo make install
>> > >  (NOTE: this means that on next reboot your newly compiled kernel will 
>> > >  load)
>> > >  (Depending on your distro, it should back up previous kernel)
>> > > 
>> > >  5. Reboot and test decext:
>> > >  a. now running reboot should boot the compiled kernel
>> > >  b. if speakup configuration was same as before, then you should be
>> > >  able to test it with decext the same way as before.
>> > > 
>> > >  Thanks!
>> > >  Okash
>> > > 
>> > > >  On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Okash Khawaja 
>> > > >  <okash.khawaja at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >  Hi,
>> > > > 
>> > > >  As part of recent changes, there are some that affect DecTalk 
>> > > >  External
>> > > >  which uses speakup_decext.ko. If someone can help in making sure 
>> > > >  those
>> > > >  changes are okay, do give a shout.
>> > > > 
>> > > >  Cheers!
>> > > >  Okash
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