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On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 11:57 AM John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Speakup works in most recent kernels, 5.10.x and it is now in the |
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> mainstream kernel, but I forget what release it got in there. There |
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> are two types of synthesizers, hardware and software. Most people use |
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> software synthesizers these days, I still use a hardware synthesizer. |
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> You might need the espeakup package to make it work, or speechdup |
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> and speech-dispatcher. |
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> I am pretty sure speakup is even in the net install of gentoo. |
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John, |
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Great info. Thanks. On my Kubuntu system a simple terminal command |
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espeak "hello" |
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worked without much trouble. Initially it went to a USB device but I |
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reconfigured in pulseaudio and now hear audio. I was also able to type a |
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few sentences and it properly put some extra delay in at the periods. |
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This suggests (to me) that if Jude gets stuck on the Gentoo part |
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of this he could fall back to something like Kubuntu as a test of his |
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hard issues at least. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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