DecTalk External (decext) testers wanted!

Okash Khawaja okash.khawaja at gmail.com
Thu Apr 13 07:10:33 EDT 2017 

Hi Karen,

I don't know about reading edge. If it does use dectalk then there may be support already available (or become available after some tweaks). However - and this is important - trying a incorrect driver on a synth may damage or even brick that synth. 

Not sure if someone else can share thoughts on reading edge. 

Thanks,
Okash

> On 12 Apr 2017, at 21:46, Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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