Hi thanks for the help. I made your changes but when i do sbl restart it seg faults. I also can not find the core file. Is there perhaps a config file already made for an accent SA or a dectalk express I have both of these hardware synths. thanks rob -----Original Message----- From: Christian Schoepplein [mailto:schoeppi@suse.de] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:07 AM To: suse-blinux@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-blinux] mbrola or other tts Hi Rob! On Sam, Dez 15, 2001 at 10:17:59 -0500, Robert Lumley wrote:

Hi, i just finished installing suse and so far all looks great. How ever i'm a very slow braille reader and want some speech output. I downloaded the rpm for mbrolla from the suse site but can't fi8ugre out how to get

sbl

to use it.

Any ideas or comment would be very helpful.

Oh sorry, there is only a german manual for installation availabel at the moment :-(. But I can try to explaine the installation in english ;-). first of all make sure, that you have downloaded all the stuff you need from the SuSe-ftp-server: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/blinux/mbrola You should have this files: mbrola4sbl-1.0-0.i386.rpm en1-male.tgz Now install the rpm-file with the following command, after you loged in as root: rpm -i mbrola4sbl-1.0-0.i386.rpm Now uncompress the speechdatabase: tar xvzf en1-male.tgz Enter the new created directory en1 with cd en1 and copy the file en1 into the directory for speechdatabases: cp en1 /usr/lib/mbrola/voices Now you have to tell suse-blinux, witch speechdatabase to use. To do this, open the mbrola in the spk-directory. For example: joe /usr/lib/suse-blinux/spk/mbrola Set the vallue for language1 to en1: language1=en1 Safe and close the mbrola-file an open /etc/suse-blinux.conf, to activate the softspeech: joe /etc/suse-blinux.conf and set the follwoing variables: spkname=mbrola spkport=// If you don't have a brailledvice connectect, set also brname to ht40: brlname=ht40 Now you should be able to use suse-blinux with mbrola. You can use the speechfunctions with your brailledisplay. To use the normal keyboard for speechfunctions, you have to patch the kernel and the whole thing only works with kernel 2.2.x... Just restart suse-blinux and tell me, if mbrola is speeking :-): sbl restart If you have any problems, just ask, we try to help you ;-). Best regards and nice weekend, Schoeppi -- SuSE-Blinux Support Christian Schöpplein <schoeppi@suse.de> Tel.: Di. und Do. 15.00 - 20.00 Uhr 0421/526-2480 www: http://www.blinux.suse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-blinux-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-blinux-help@suse.com

Hi, yes the accent sa and the dectalk express are both serial synths. I'm using a alva 380 and will send you the sus-blinux.conf as soon as i can get it over to this machine with email :) rob -----Original Message----- From: Christian Schoepplein [mailto:schoeppi@suse.de] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 9:59 AM To: suse-blinux@suse.com Cc: Christian Schoepplein Subject: Re: [suse-blinux] mbrola or other tts Hi Rob! Are the hardwaresynths you have bouth cards or can you connect one of them to a serial interface? Cards are not supported, yths conected to the serial port do work and we can ad new settings for any of those synts. Wich file can't you find? Whitch sbl-Version are you using? Please sent me your suse-blinux.conf, maybe there is teh problem. Wihitch brailledevice are you using? Best regards, Schoeppi On Sam, Dez 15, 2001 at 03:29:32 -0500, Robert Lumley wrote:

Hi thanks for the help. I made your changes but when i do sbl restart it seg faults. I also can not find the core file. Is there perhaps a config file already made for an accent SA or a dectalk express I have both of

these

hardware synths.

thanks

rob

-----Original Message----- From: Christian Schoepplein [mailto:schoeppi@suse.de] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:07 AM To: suse-blinux@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-blinux] mbrola or other tts

Hi Rob!

On Sam, Dez 15, 2001 at 10:17:59 -0500, Robert Lumley wrote:

...

Hi, i just finished installing suse and so far all looks great. How

ever

...

i'm a very slow braille reader and want some speech output. I downloaded the rpm for mbrolla from the suse site but can't fi8ugre out how to get sbl to use it.

Any ideas or comment would be very helpful.

Oh sorry, there is only a german manual for installation availabel at the moment :-(. But I can try to explaine the installation in english ;-).

first of all make sure, that you have downloaded all the stuff you need from the SuSe-ftp-server:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/blinux/mbrola

You should have this files:

mbrola4sbl-1.0-0.i386.rpm en1-male.tgz

Now install the rpm-file with the following command, after you loged in as root:

rpm -i mbrola4sbl-1.0-0.i386.rpm

Now uncompress the speechdatabase:

tar xvzf en1-male.tgz

Enter the new created directory en1 with

cd en1

and copy the file en1 into the directory for speechdatabases:

cp en1 /usr/lib/mbrola/voices

Now you have to tell suse-blinux, witch speechdatabase to use. To do this, open the mbrola in the spk-directory. For example:

joe /usr/lib/suse-blinux/spk/mbrola

Set the vallue for language1 to en1:

language1=en1

Safe and close the mbrola-file an open /etc/suse-blinux.conf, to activate the softspeech:

joe /etc/suse-blinux.conf

and set the follwoing variables:

spkname=mbrola spkport=//

If you don't have a brailledvice connectect, set also brname to ht40:

brlname=ht40

Now you should be able to use suse-blinux with mbrola. You can use the speechfunctions with your brailledisplay. To use the normal keyboard for speechfunctions, you have to patch the kernel and the whole thing only works with kernel 2.2.x...

Just restart suse-blinux and tell me, if mbrola is speeking :-):

sbl restart

If you have any problems, just ask, we try to help you ;-).

Best regards and nice weekend, Schoeppi

-- SuSE-Blinux Support Christian Schöpplein <schoeppi@suse.de> Tel.: Di. und Do. 15.00 - 20.00 Uhr 0421/526-2480 www: http://www.blinux.suse.de

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