Author: alexander Date: 2007-10-20 00:55:31 -0600 (Sat, 20 Oct 2007) New Revision: 2121
Modified: trunk/doc/README.txt Log: Added speakup information to the README file, because the official documentation at http://www.linux-speakup.org/ is out of date. Modified: trunk/doc/README.txt =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/README.txt 2007-10-19 13:47:15 UTC (rev 2120) +++ trunk/doc/README.txt 2007-10-20 06:55:31 UTC (rev 2121) @@ -310,6 +310,52 @@ know how to fix this problem for your locale, mail this information to <[email protected]>. +SPEECH OUTPUT WITH SPEAKUP +-------------------------- + +This CD includes a development version of Speakup (because no stable versions +work with linux-2.6.22.x), as an alternative method that allows a blind person +to access the contents of Linux console with the help of a hardware speech +synthesizer or the "espeak" software text-to-speech engine. In order to +activate it, insert the CD into the drive, reboot the computer. Some BIOSes +will produce a beep indicating successful power-on self-testing. If so, the +boot loader will produce a second beep indicating the boot prompt is available. +After that beep (first or second depending on if your computer normally beeps +upon startup), type: + + linux speakup.synth=soft + +[NOTE] +This example assumes that the software text-to-speech engine has to be used. + +Hardware speech synthesizers are also supported. E.g., for a +DoubleTalk LT/LiteTalk synthesizer connected to /dev/ttyS1, use the +following command line: + + linux speakup.synth=ltlk speakup.ser=2 + +Documentation on the official Speakup home page <http://www.linux-speakup.org/> +applies to the stable version of Speakup (2.0) and thus contains outdated +information. Nevertheless, users that are new to Speakup should read it, +keeping this fact in mind. + +The key user-visible differences between the included version of Speakup +and Speakup 2.0 are listed below. + + * Copying and pasting produces garbage characters and can crash the computer + (use the "screen" program instead of the built-in copy-and-paste feature). + * Kernel parameters are renamed: + + speakup_synth became speakup.synth, and the "sftsyn" synthesizer + became "soft"; + + speakup_ser became speakup.ser, and serial ports are now numbered + starting from 1, not from 0 (i.e., speakup_ser=1 became speakup.ser=2); + + speakup_quiet became speakup.quiet, valid values are 0 and 1; + + speakup_port became speakup.port. + * The /proc/speakup/synth interface does not exist. + +Speakup has been tested only with the en_US locale and may work incorrectly in +other locales. + RESUMING THE BUILD ------------------ -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
