GRML with SpeakUp

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GRML with SpeakUp

Glenn

2016-06-17 22:41:37 UTC

Hi,
I found an old post to this list which I kept, on starting SpeakUp in GRML.
I have tried it with both sudo and without.
I ran
modprobe speakup_soft
then I ran
espeakup
And I get no speech.
There are some rather loud and obnoxious beeps when it starts, but I followed another suggestion to try:
alsamixer
and up arrow a bunch of times, and that did not help either.
I did:
speaker-test -c 2
and I do get sound out of the speakers.
Any other ideas?
Thanks much.
Glenn

Gregory Nowak

2016-06-17 22:59:18 UTC

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Since the method on starting software speech in grml has changed, and
since I have no clue what old post you're following, I'll describe the
process from the start.

1. Boot from your grml media.

2. You should hear a single beep, this is the boot menu, press enter.

3. After some time depending on the media you're booting from, you
should hear a series of beeps, which you described as
annoying. This is a configuration menu, just press enter to leave
it.

4. You should now be at a root prompt. Here you can type:

modprobe speakup_soft
espeakup

If all went well, you should now get speech. Sometimes I don't get
speech when doing this. If that happens, pressing the enter key starts
things talking for me. Good luck.

Greg

Post by Glenn
Hi,
I found an old post to this list which I kept, on starting SpeakUp in GRML.
I have tried it with both sudo and without.
I ran
modprobe speakup_soft
then I ran
espeakup
And I get no speech.
alsamixer
and up arrow a bunch of times, and that did not help either.
speaker-test -c 2
and I do get sound out of the speakers.
Any other ideas?
Thanks much.
Glenn
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http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Glenn

2016-06-17 23:27:29 UTC

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Okay, this time it worked with the second enter, but it is like a choppy and
very slow sound, quite unintelligible.
It is really quite bad, and I am used to espeak and even setting the speed
around 70, so you may know that there is something wrong here and it's not
usable.
I have the GRML 96 version, and it is running on an Intel NUC, with 8 GB of
RAM.
I burned it to an SD card.
The speech is so bad, that I cannot make any modifications unless it is a
basic CLI command.
Thanks for any more info.
Glenn
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Subject: Re: GRML with SpeakUp

Since the method on starting software speech in grml has changed, and
since I have no clue what old post you're following, I'll describe the
process from the start.

1. Boot from your grml media.

2. You should hear a single beep, this is the boot menu, press enter.

3. After some time depending on the media you're booting from, you
should hear a series of beeps, which you described as
annoying. This is a configuration menu, just press enter to leave
it.

4. You should now be at a root prompt. Here you can type:

modprobe speakup_soft
espeakup

If all went well, you should now get speech. Sometimes I don't get
speech when doing this. If that happens, pressing the enter key starts
things talking for me. Good luck.

Greg

Post by Glenn
Hi,
I found an old post to this list which I kept, on starting SpeakUp in GRML.
I have tried it with both sudo and without.
I ran
modprobe speakup_soft
then I ran
espeakup
And I get no speech.
There are some rather loud and obnoxious beeps when it starts, but I
alsamixer
and up arrow a bunch of times, and that did not help either.
speaker-test -c 2
and I do get sound out of the speakers.
Any other ideas?
Thanks much.
Glenn
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John G. Heim

2016-06-18 14:51:38 UTC

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Just so you know ... The grml developers put those beeps in at my
suggestion so blind people would know when the system is done booting
and they can start typing the commands to get speech working.

Post by Glenn
Okay, this time it worked with the second enter, but it is like a choppy and
very slow sound, quite unintelligible.
It is really quite bad, and I am used to espeak and even setting the speed
around 70, so you may know that there is something wrong here and it's not
usable.
I have the GRML 96 version, and it is running on an Intel NUC, with 8 GB of
RAM.
I burned it to an SD card.
The speech is so bad, that I cannot make any modifications unless it is a
basic CLI command.
Thanks for any more info.
Glenn
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: GRML with SpeakUp
Since the method on starting software speech in grml has changed, and
since I have no clue what old post you're following, I'll describe the
process from the start.
1. Boot from your grml media.
2. You should hear a single beep, this is the boot menu, press enter.
3. After some time depending on the media you're booting from, you
should hear a series of beeps, which you described as
annoying. This is a configuration menu, just press enter to leave
it.
modprobe speakup_soft
espeakup
If all went well, you should now get speech. Sometimes I don't get
speech when doing this. If that happens, pressing the enter key starts
things talking for me. Good luck.
Greg

Post by Glenn
Hi,
I found an old post to this list which I kept, on starting SpeakUp in GRML.
I have tried it with both sudo and without.
I ran
modprobe speakup_soft
then I ran
espeakup
And I get no speech.
There are some rather loud and obnoxious beeps when it starts, but I
alsamixer
and up arrow a bunch of times, and that did not help either.
speaker-test -c 2
and I do get sound out of the speakers.
Any other ideas?
Thanks much.
Glenn
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Speakup mailing list
http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Jude DaShiell

2016-06-17 23:12:13 UTC

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Make sure you download the right iso, it may be grmlmonster.iso or
grmlhuge.iso by now. Most of their isos don't have speakup capability.

Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:41:37
Subject: GRML with SpeakUp
Hi,
I found an old post to this list which I kept, on starting SpeakUp in GRML.
I have tried it with both sudo and without.
I ran
modprobe speakup_soft
then I ran
espeakup
And I get no speech.
alsamixer
and up arrow a bunch of times, and that did not help either.
speaker-test -c 2
and I do get sound out of the speakers.
Any other ideas?
Thanks much.
Glenn
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Speakup mailing list
http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup

KatolaZ

2016-06-17 23:23:52 UTC

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Post by Jude DaShiell
Make sure you download the right iso, it may be grmlmonster.iso or
grmlhuge.iso by now. Most of their isos don't have speakup capability.

Just a bit more advertising, also the current unofficial Devuan
minimal-live images have support for espeak/espeakup and yasr. A new
release is on its way (due in a few days, at the latest), but in the
meanwhile you can have give try to the current images at:

http://devuan.kalos.mine.nu

My2Cents

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Janina Sajka

2016-06-20 13:34:11 UTC

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I've an older grml that I know works available at:

ftp://rednote.net/grml64-full_2012.05.iso

So, if this 64-bit will work for you, you're certainly welcome to it.

I don't know what happened at your end. I would expect the newer grml
should work, too, but I haven't updated my stick in some time.

Janina

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Scott Henning

2016-06-20 20:59:55 UTC

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FYI, The link as posted took me nowhere? I had to separate the address
into two parts for it to work. The actual address and the file name. I
copied everything after the dot net and then deleted that part from the
address in the browser. That gave me the ftp index page where I searched
for the file name I copied. It downloaded fine.

Scott

Post by Janina Sajka
ftp://rednote.net/grml64-full_2012.05.iso
So, if this 64-bit will work for you, you're certainly welcome to it.
I don't know what happened at your end. I would expect the newer grml
should work, too, but I haven't updated my stick in some time.
Janina

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Janina Sajka

2016-06-21 13:34:56 UTC

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Glad you were able to retrieve the file, Scott.

PS: I tested the link by pasting it into a fresh launch of lynx and had
no issues, so I can't comment on what happened in your case. But, the
good news is you got the file.

Janina

FYI, The link as posted took me nowhere? I had to separate the address into
two parts for it to work. The actual address and the file name. I copied
everything after the dot net and then deleted that part from the address in
the browser. That gave me the ftp index page where I searched for the file
name I copied. It downloaded fine.
Scott

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