Re: eSpeak - PPC architecture
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Al Puzzuoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After recompiling the dictionary data, I no longer get that error; However, still no speech. If I send a string to eSpeak, it just exits with no noticeable output. Does that suggest incompatible phoneme data? I'm not sure. What text output do you get if you use the -x option, eg: espeak -x hello should give the phoneme codes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'oU What happens if you send the speech output to a WAV file? Can you then play the WAV file later?, eg: espeak -w test.wav hello Do you know whether anyone has ever had eSpeak working on a similar PPC ? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: getting the gnome-speech eSpeak driver to build? (was, eSpeak v1.18 released, for use with Orca/GnomeSpeech)
Hello, Joanmarie Diggs writes: While there are lots of voices listed both in test-speech and in Orca, I seem to be limited to just one. I see them all in /usr/share/espeak-data/voices. How do I use them? Sorry, this issue is fixed in release r268 of gnome-speech; thanks to Willie for his responsiveness. In principle, the numerous eSpeak languages are available now :-). Gilles -- Oralux http://oralux.org -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Accessibility of gnome-controlcenter?
On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 16:03 -0500, Al Puzzuoli wrote: Hi all, I've noticed that by default in Feisty, the administration menu seems to be gone, and all of the functions it contained can now be accessed via the gnome-control-center. FWIW, this is a proposal for GNOME 2.18 that may or may not be adopted (although it looks like it will be). I've never been too keen on it, but assuming it gets in, I'm hopeful that it will still be possible to switch back to the more efficient, old-style menu access too. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Accessibility of gnome-controlcenter?
Calum Benson wrote: On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 16:03 -0500, Al Puzzuoli wrote: Hi all, I've noticed that by default in Feisty, the administration menu seems to be gone, and all of the functions it contained can now be accessed via the gnome-control-center. FWIW, this is a proposal for GNOME 2.18 that may or may not be adopted (although it looks like it will be). I've never been too keen on it, but assuming it gets in, I'm hopeful that it will still be possible to switch back to the more efficient, old-style menu access too. Hm, I've seen this argumentation in other places too (from ubuntu forum users who prefer the old menu system). I think it's a bad idea for two reasons: * We cannot keep legacy approaches around forever. It will clutter the interface with options and clutter the code. If gnome decides on this option we should work to improve it (where needed) and not try to bring back the old IMHO. * We should never rely on the legacy solution to provide us with the accessibility features. It will always be less discoverable and may suddenly disappear. Making the new control centre accessible should not be that hard. Who can we contact about it? Henrik -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Accessibility of gnome-controlcenter?
On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 12:02 +0100, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote: * We should never rely on the legacy solution to provide us with the accessibility features. It will always be less discoverable and may suddenly disappear. Indeed we shouldn't, but the menu system is more efficient for a lot of people without accessibility needs too, so I'm still against getting rid of it altogether. Both Windows XP (dunno about Vista) and Mac OS X allow menu access to individual control panels if desired, and it seems unlikely to me that we've done more user research than they have. Cheeri, Calum. -- CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]GNOME Desktop Group http://ie.sun.com +353 1 819 9771 Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
can't get the installer to work
Hi, I downloaded another feisty CD to day. The installer starts to load and closes. Is there a problem with the installer at this time. If so can it be done from the terminal. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: eSpeak - PPC architecture
Hi Jonathan, I tried the experiments you suggested. 1. What text output do you get if you use the -x option, eg: espeak -x hello? Interestingly, I'm not getting any text at all. When I do this, I'm immediately dropped back to the shell with no output. 2. What happens if you send the speech output to a WAV file? Again, nothing useful. I think eSpeak is actually creating an invalid wav file. When I attempt to play the file using aplay, I get: Playing WAVE 'test.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 576061440 Hz, Mono aplay: set_params:965: Unable to install hw params: ACCESS: RW_INTERLEAVED FORMAT: S16_LE SUBFORMAT: STD SAMPLE_BITS: 16 FRAME_BITS: 16 CHANNELS: 1 RATE: NONE PERIOD_TIME: (21333 21334) PERIOD_SIZE: (12289118 12289119) PERIOD_BYTES: (24578236 24578238) PERIODS: (16 17) BUFFER_TIME: (341333 341334) BUFFER_SIZE: 196628971 BUFFER_BYTES: 393257942 TICK_TIME: 0 I'm not sure where to go with this nextin terms of further troubleshooting. If it would help at all, I could grant you ssh access to the box. Please let me know if that would be of use, or if there is anything else you'd like me to try. --Al -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
