Re: Emacspeak: 32-bit TCL and TCLX for 64-bit systems

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think you might be referring to me. I've pointed out on the Vinux list
a few times that you don't need the Emacspeak with Voxin scripts if you
just want Voxin. The plane ol' Voxin scripts work just fine for that.

On 29/12/12 22:16, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> Voxin is as easy to install if you use the emacspeak install scripts
> that Gilles Casse of oralux.org <http://oralux.org> makes.  When I tell
> the folks over at the Vinux list this, some one always groans "I do not
> want emacspeak".  The script takes care of changing .bashrc and making
> the ibm speech server, installing the right tcl and tclx files with wget.
> 
> Absolutely brilliant and kind thing for Gilles to do especially for who
> find ourselves wandering in circles.
> 
> I just tell them to do it that way it works and it is fast.
> 
> David Ring
> 
> N1EA
> 
> On Dec 29, 2012 4:49 PM, "Christopher Chaltain" <chaltain@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:chaltain@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     I use Voxin and eSpeak on multiple systems, 32-bit and 64-bit, all
>     running different flavours of Ubuntu. I don't have any trouble
>     installing Voxin or getting it to work on my 64-bit systems. In fact,
>     using the Emacspeak with Voxin scripts from Oralux is the fastest way to
>     get Emacspeak up an running, since it's just executing a single script,
>     at least in my opinion.
> 
>     On 28/12/12 16:35, Alex Midence wrote:
>     > I do not use Voxin.  On my Linux installations, I use espeak as
>     the speech
>     > synthesizer.  It's already there and I've gotten used to it.  From
>     > everything I have observed, Voxin is a royal pain to get working
>     regardless
>     > of what environment you are in.  Anytime I read about someone
>     having speech
>     > issues in Emacspeak or Linux in general, I'm about 80% sure the
>     next few
>     > sentences are going to tell me about pain, heartache, misery and
>     suffering
>     > caused by Voxin.
>     >
>     > Alex M
>     >
>     >
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: Rob Hill [mailto:robhill@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:robhill@xxxxxxxxxxx>]
>     > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 12:10 PM
>     > To: TV. Raman
>     > Cc: emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > Subject: Emacspeak: 32-bit TCL and TCLX for 64-bit systems
>     >
>     > Hello list,
>     >
>     > What opinions do people have about the value of dealing with the extra
>     > hassle of getting voxin going on a 64-bit system, as opposed to a
>     32-bit
>     > system, for somebody like me, whose paid work is text editing
>     > and transcription?   Speech synthesis responsiveness is important, but
>     > not high-speed computing.  Voxin is unbeatable in my opinion, so I
>     do need
>     > that, but would it be worth the switch to 64 bits, or better to
>     keep it
>     > simple?
>     >
>     > Rob
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > TV. Raman writes:
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