Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:17:02 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: Speech output for Linux: speakup-0.07 released |
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I got a quick question for you, would it be easier to do this in userspace as opposed to kernel space?? /dev/vcs?? Is your friend in these situations. Perhaps have a daemon watching on /dev/vcsa0 or /dev/vcs0?. It just seems to make more sense to have something like this in userspace.
Aaron
On 22 Jun 1999, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> Announcing the seventh alpha release, speakup v-0.07 > > Speakup is a screen review package for the Linux operating system. It > allows you to hear all output directed to the console and move around > the screen using the typical screen review functions. > > This is an alpha release which means it is by no means complete. > > It is quite usable in it's current incarnation though, with the > blaring lack of cursor output support. That means in an editor it > doesn't read each line as you move up and down the screen. It tracks > the cursor so you just need to do a say current line but it doesn't do > it all by itself. There is more to be said for cursor tracking and > speaking than meets the ear at first glance. > > Speakup is a set of kernel patches which means you should have some > experience with kernel compiling. It currently works on the Linux > development kernels 2.2.7 and above. At this release we are at > kernel 2.2.10. > > What's new in v-0.07? Read the Changes file included in the tar > archive for full descriptions of my changes. Speakup now has > accompanying utilities for loading and dumping its configuration > settings. Speakup has a totally new device driver mechanism which > reduces the size of the driver code. Speakup now supports a number of > various synthesizers including the DoubleTalk PC, the LightTalk and > DoubleTalk LT, the Accent PC and SA/Transport, and last but not least > the Speakout. The current version is now configurable within the make > config system which will make installation much more straight forward. > > There is a mailing list for speakup which you are welcome to join if > you are interested in it's on going development. You can subscribe to > the mailing list by sending a message to listserv@braille.uwo.ca with > a line in the body of the message like this: > > subscribe speakup (YourFirstName YourLastName) > > The mailing list is currently a very low traffic forum so you probably > won't be overwhelmed with mail. > > The official speakup distribution point is > ftp://ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/linux/speakup. The ftp area includes all > of the current speakup files and utilities. It also includes a > subdirectory containing older versions of speakup. There is a new > directory tree which contains the base debian installation disks with > speakup already installed. So if you have a doubleTalk card you can > down load the disk images and install your entire system with speech. > The installation disks currently contain speakup version-0.06. There > is also a Linux kernel image "linux" which contains speakup and the > drivers usually included in the Debian kernels. There are images > available for Slackware users as well. We will hopefully have boot > disks and or kernel images available for the newly supported synths in > the near future.. > > We are in the middle of writing a set of web pages for speakup. You > can check them out at http://www.braille.uwo.ca/speakup. We would > like to hear what you think of them and will gladly consider > recommendations on their improvement. We have what we consider a way > cool logo for the speakup project as well, it would be nice to hear > your opinions on that also. > > Speakup is written by Kirk Reiser and Andy Berdan. It is covered by > the GPL (GNU Public License). > > So, like I think that's about it. If you have any questions feel free > to write me at kirk@braille.uwo.ca. If you have any of the synths now > covered by speakup, we could really use your feedback. If you are > just diing to get involved in a software project, boy do we have a > bridge to sell you! 'grin' > > Kirk > > email: kirk@braille.uwo.ca > phone: (519) 679-6845 (home) > > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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