Speakup does support two other synthesizers, but because they work in
conjunction with other software, they must be loaded as modules after
-their related software is loaded, and so are not available at boot up.
+their related software is loaded, and so are not available at boot up.
These are as follows:
decpc -- DecTalk PC (not available at boot up)
Once you have booted the system, and if necessary, have supplied the
proper bootup parameter for your synthesizer, Speakup will begin
-talking as soon as the kernel is loaded. In fact, it will talk a lot!
+talking as soon as the kernel is loaded. In fact, it will talk a lot!
It will speak all the boot up messages that the kernel prints on the
screen during the boot process. This is because Speakup is not a
separate screen reader, but is actually built into the operating
kernel, they are automatically handled properly by Speakup. There are a
few exceptions, but we'll come to those later.
-Note: In this guide I will refer to the numeric keypad as the keypad.
+Note: In this guide I will refer to the numeric keypad as the keypad.
This is done because the speakupmap.map file referred to later in this
manual uses the term keypad instead of numeric keypad. Also I'm lazy
and would rather only type one word. So keypad it is. Got it? Good.
You can check to see if the boot process has completed by pressing the 8
key on the keypad, which reads the current line. This also has the
effect of starting Speakup talking again, so you can press keypad enter
-to silence it again if the boot process has not completed.
+to silence it again if the boot process has not completed.
When the boot process is complete, you will arrive at a "login" prompt.
At this point, you'll need to type in your user id and password, as
When you are running a program or command, Speakup will automatically
speak new text as it arrives on the screen. You can at any time silence
-the speech with keypad enter, or use any of the Speakup review keys.
+the speech with keypad enter, or use any of the Speakup review keys.
Here are some basic Speakup review keys, and a short description of what
they do.
"Keypad 8 is line, say current."
-You'll notice that some commands do not have keys assigned to them.
+You'll notice that some commands do not have keys assigned to them.
This is because they are very infrequently used commands, and are also
accessible through the sys system. We'll discuss the sys system later
in this manual.
-You'll also notice that some commands have two keys assigned to them.
+You'll also notice that some commands have two keys assigned to them.
This is because Speakup has a built in set of alternative key bindings
for laptop users. The alternate speakup key is the caps lock key. You
can press and hold the caps lock key, while pressing an alternate
spk key_kp6 = say_to_right
key_kpplus = say_screen
spk key_kpplus = say_win
- key_kp1 = say_prev_char
+ key_kp1 = say_prev_char
spk key_kp1 = right_edge
key_kp2 = say_char
spk key_kp2 = say_to_bottom
double key_kp2 = say_phonetic_char
- key_kp3 = say_next_char
+ key_kp3 = say_next_char
spk key_kp3 = bottom_edge
key_kp0 = spk_key
key_kpdot = say_position
ln -s /sys/accessibility/speakup /speakup
-to directly access speakup parameters from /speakup.
+to directly access speakup parameters from /speakup.
You can see these entries by typing the command:
ls -1 /speakup/*
this:
cat /speakup/version
-Speakup v-2.00 CVS: Thu Oct 21 10:38:21 EDT 2004
+Speakup v-2.00 CVS: Thu Oct 21 10:38:21 EDT 2004
synth dtlk version 1.1
The display shows the Speakup version number, along with the version
All the entries in the Speakup sys system are readable, some are
writable by root only, and some are writable by everyone. Unless you
know what you are doing, you should probably leave the ones that are
-writable by root only alone. Most of the names are self explanatory.
+writable by root only alone. Most of the names are self explanatory.
Vol for controlling volume, pitch for pitch, rate for controlling speaking
rate, etc. If you find one you aren't sure about, you can post a query
on the Speakup list.
It is possible to change to a different synthesizer while speakup is
running. In other words, it is not necessary to reboot the system
in order to use a different synthesizer. You can simply echo the
-synthesizer keyword to the /speakup/synth sys entry.
+synthesizer keyword to the /speakup/synth sys entry.
Depending on your situation, you may wish to echo none to the synth
sys entry, to disable speech while one synthesizer is disconnected and
a second one is connected in its place. Then echo the keyword for the
Espeakup may already be available as a package for your distribution
of Linux. If it is not packaged, you need to install it manually.
You can find it in the contrib/ subdirectory of the Speakup sources.
-The filename is espeakup-$VERSION.tar.bz2, where $VERSION
+The filename is espeakup-$VERSION.tar.bz2, where $VERSION
depends on the current release of Espeakup. The Speakup 3.1.2 source
ships with version 0.71 of Espeakup.
The README file included with the Espeakup sources describes the process
These procedures are not described in this document.
If you built Espeakup manually, the "make install" step placed the binary
-under /usr/bin.
+under /usr/bin.
Run the following command as root:
/usr/bin/espeakup
Espeakup should start speaking.
Once you've installed, configured, and tested Speech Dispatcher with your
chosen software synthesizer, you still need one more piece of software
-in order to make things work. You need a package called speechd-up.
+in order to make things work. You need a package called speechd-up.
You get it from the free(b)soft web site mentioned above. After you've
compiled and installed speechd-up, you are almost ready to begin using
your software synthesizer.
position the reading cursor on the rightmost character of the above
url. Press the keypad slash key once again to actually cut the text
from the screen. Speakup will say, "cut". Although we call this
-cutting, Speakup does not actually delete the cut text from the screen.
+cutting, Speakup does not actually delete the cut text from the screen.
It makes a copy of the text in a special buffer for later pasting.
Now that you have the url cut from the screen, you can paste it into
One final warning. If you try to load a partial map, you will quickly
find that all the mappings you didn't include in your file got deleted
-from the working map. Be extremely careful, and always make a backup!
+from the working map. Be extremely careful, and always make a backup!
You have been warned!
14. Internationalizing Speakup
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