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@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ NOT * support the internal Tripletalk!
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Speakup does support two other synthesizers, but because they work in
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conjunction with other software, they must be loaded as modules after
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-their related software is loaded, and so are not available at boot up.
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+their related software is loaded, and so are not available at boot up.
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These are as follows:
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decpc -- DecTalk PC (not available at boot up)
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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ the bootup messages.
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Once you have booted the system, and if necessary, have supplied the
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proper bootup parameter for your synthesizer, Speakup will begin
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-talking as soon as the kernel is loaded. In fact, it will talk a lot!
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+talking as soon as the kernel is loaded. In fact, it will talk a lot!
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It will speak all the boot up messages that the kernel prints on the
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screen during the boot process. This is because Speakup is not a
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separate screen reader, but is actually built into the operating
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@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ screen using the kernel, and must get their keyboard input through the
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kernel, they are automatically handled properly by Speakup. There are a
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few exceptions, but we'll come to those later.
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-Note: In this guide I will refer to the numeric keypad as the keypad.
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+Note: In this guide I will refer to the numeric keypad as the keypad.
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This is done because the speakupmap.map file referred to later in this
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manual uses the term keypad instead of numeric keypad. Also I'm lazy
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and would rather only type one word. So keypad it is. Got it? Good.
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@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ that way, until you press another key.
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You can check to see if the boot process has completed by pressing the 8
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key on the keypad, which reads the current line. This also has the
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effect of starting Speakup talking again, so you can press keypad enter
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-to silence it again if the boot process has not completed.
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+to silence it again if the boot process has not completed.
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When the boot process is complete, you will arrive at a "login" prompt.
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At this point, you'll need to type in your user id and password, as
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@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ which require root privileges.
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When you are running a program or command, Speakup will automatically
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speak new text as it arrives on the screen. You can at any time silence
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-the speech with keypad enter, or use any of the Speakup review keys.
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+the speech with keypad enter, or use any of the Speakup review keys.
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Here are some basic Speakup review keys, and a short description of what
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they do.
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@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ example, if you press the keypad 8 key, you will hear:
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"Keypad 8 is line, say current."
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-You'll notice that some commands do not have keys assigned to them.
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+You'll notice that some commands do not have keys assigned to them.
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This is because they are very infrequently used commands, and are also
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accessible through the sys system. We'll discuss the sys system later
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in this manual.
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-You'll also notice that some commands have two keys assigned to them.
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+You'll also notice that some commands have two keys assigned to them.
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This is because Speakup has a built in set of alternative key bindings
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for laptop users. The alternate speakup key is the caps lock key. You
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can press and hold the caps lock key, while pressing an alternate
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@@ -292,12 +292,12 @@ spk key_kp5 = spell_phonetic
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spk key_kp6 = say_to_right
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key_kpplus = say_screen
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spk key_kpplus = say_win
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- key_kp1 = say_prev_char
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+ key_kp1 = say_prev_char
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spk key_kp1 = right_edge
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key_kp2 = say_char
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spk key_kp2 = say_to_bottom
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double key_kp2 = say_phonetic_char
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- key_kp3 = say_next_char
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+ key_kp3 = say_next_char
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spk key_kp3 = bottom_edge
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key_kp0 = spk_key
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key_kpdot = say_position
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@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ As a convenience, run as root
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ln -s /sys/accessibility/speakup /speakup
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-to directly access speakup parameters from /speakup.
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+to directly access speakup parameters from /speakup.
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You can see these entries by typing the command:
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ls -1 /speakup/*
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@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ only, is owned by root, and belongs to the root group. Doing a cat of
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this:
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cat /speakup/version
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-Speakup v-2.00 CVS: Thu Oct 21 10:38:21 EDT 2004
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+Speakup v-2.00 CVS: Thu Oct 21 10:38:21 EDT 2004
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synth dtlk version 1.1
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The display shows the Speakup version number, along with the version
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@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ volume is set at.
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All the entries in the Speakup sys system are readable, some are
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writable by root only, and some are writable by everyone. Unless you
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know what you are doing, you should probably leave the ones that are
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-writable by root only alone. Most of the names are self explanatory.
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+writable by root only alone. Most of the names are self explanatory.
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Vol for controlling volume, pitch for pitch, rate for controlling speaking
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rate, etc. If you find one you aren't sure about, you can post a query
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on the Speakup list.
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@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ on the Speakup list.
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It is possible to change to a different synthesizer while speakup is
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running. In other words, it is not necessary to reboot the system
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in order to use a different synthesizer. You can simply echo the
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-synthesizer keyword to the /speakup/synth sys entry.
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+synthesizer keyword to the /speakup/synth sys entry.
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Depending on your situation, you may wish to echo none to the synth
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sys entry, to disable speech while one synthesizer is disconnected and
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a second one is connected in its place. Then echo the keyword for the
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@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ Espeakup is a connector between Speakup and the eSpeak software synthesizer.
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Espeakup may already be available as a package for your distribution
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of Linux. If it is not packaged, you need to install it manually.
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You can find it in the contrib/ subdirectory of the Speakup sources.
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-The filename is espeakup-$VERSION.tar.bz2, where $VERSION
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+The filename is espeakup-$VERSION.tar.bz2, where $VERSION
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depends on the current release of Espeakup. The Speakup 3.1.2 source
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ships with version 0.71 of Espeakup.
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The README file included with the Espeakup sources describes the process
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@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ daemons are started by the bootup scripts.
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These procedures are not described in this document.
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If you built Espeakup manually, the "make install" step placed the binary
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-under /usr/bin.
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+under /usr/bin.
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Run the following command as root:
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/usr/bin/espeakup
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Espeakup should start speaking.
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@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ distribution may also have a precompiled Speech Dispatcher package.
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Once you've installed, configured, and tested Speech Dispatcher with your
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chosen software synthesizer, you still need one more piece of software
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-in order to make things work. You need a package called speechd-up.
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+in order to make things work. You need a package called speechd-up.
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You get it from the free(b)soft web site mentioned above. After you've
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compiled and installed speechd-up, you are almost ready to begin using
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your software synthesizer.
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@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ press the keypad slash key once. Speakup will say, "mark". Next,
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position the reading cursor on the rightmost character of the above
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url. Press the keypad slash key once again to actually cut the text
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from the screen. Speakup will say, "cut". Although we call this
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-cutting, Speakup does not actually delete the cut text from the screen.
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+cutting, Speakup does not actually delete the cut text from the screen.
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It makes a copy of the text in a special buffer for later pasting.
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Now that you have the url cut from the screen, you can paste it into
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@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ you reboot, or until you load another keymap.
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One final warning. If you try to load a partial map, you will quickly
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find that all the mappings you didn't include in your file got deleted
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-from the working map. Be extremely careful, and always make a backup!
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+from the working map. Be extremely careful, and always make a backup!
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You have been warned!
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14. Internationalizing Speakup
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