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The reason I went to autotools was the multiple sound systems, but since we are now just using espeak's audio processing we can go back to a more simple build system.
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espeakup connector
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espeakup is a program which makes it possible for speakup to use
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the espeak software synthesizer. It does this by reading speakup's
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softsynth device and passing the text to espeak which actually speaks.
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Requirements
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This program works with the speakup screen reader, which can be obtained
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from http://linux-speakup.org, and the espeak software speech
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synthesizer which can be obtained from http://espeak.sourceforge.net.
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You must have both of these installed and operational. Setting them up
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is beyond the scope of this document.
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Installation
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============
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The preferred way to install espeakup is using your distribution's
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packaging system, but if your distribution does not have a package for
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espeakup yet, espeakup just uses a Makefile, so you should be able to
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change to the source directory, then type make, then as root, make
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install.
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Starting Up
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===========
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This program should be run after speakup is set up to communicate with a
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software synthesizer and after /dev/softsynth exists. The way this is
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done is distribution specific, so it is beyond the scope of this
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documentation.
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Command Line Options
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====================
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Espeakup currently accepts the following command line options:
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--default-voice=voice, -V voice Set default voice.
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--debug, -d Debug mode (stay in the foreground).
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--help, -h Show this help.
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--version, -v Display the software version.
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Getting the Latest Version
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It is possible to download a tarball from github of any released version
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as follows:
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wget http://www.github.com/williamh/espeakup/tarball/vx.y
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If you need a tarball for packaging purposes, one is available from
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ftp://ftp.linux-speakup.org/pub/linux/goodies/espeakup-x.y.tar.bz2.
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The url for the git repository is git://github.com/williamh/espeakup.git.
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Acknowledgements
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I would like to thank Marc Mulcahy, the author of the speakup to
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TTSynth connector, on which this work is based. Also, I would like
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to thank Kirk Reiser and Jonathan Duddington, the
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authors of Speakup and Espeak, respectively, for their work.
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Questions
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=========
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You can contact me with questions, bugs, patches, etc, at
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w.d.hubbs@gmail.com or on the speakup mailing list. I hope you find
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this software to be useful.
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