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espeakup connector
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# espeakup connector
espeakup is a program which makes it possible for speakup to use
the espeak software synthesizer. It does this by reading speakup's
softsynth device and passing the text to espeak which actually speaks.
Requirements
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## Requirements
This program works with the speakup screen reader, which can be obtained
from http://linux-speakup.org, and the espeak software speech
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You must have both of these installed and operational. Setting them up
is beyond the scope of this document.
Installation
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## Installation
The preferred way to install espeakup is using your distribution's
packaging system, but if your distribution does not have a package for
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change to the source directory, then type make, then as root, make
install.
Starting Up
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## Starting Up
This program should be run after speakup is set up to communicate with a
software synthesizer and after /dev/softsynth exists. The way this is
done is distribution specific, so it is beyond the scope of this
documentation.
Command Line Options
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## Command Line Options
Espeakup currently accepts the following command line options:
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--help, -h Show this help.
--version, -v Display the software version.
Acknowledgements
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## Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Marc Mulcahy, the author of the speakup to
TTSynth connector, on which this work is based. Also, I would like
to thank Kirk Reiser and Jonathan Duddington, the
authors of Speakup and Espeak, respectively, for their work.
Filing Bugs
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## Filing Bugs
Bugs should be filed on our bug tracker at
https://github.com/linux-speakup/issues.