From what you say, it's most likely that you've not acquired and
configured your bookshare API key -- see the bookshare section of
the Emacspeak manual.
>>>>> "kendell" == kendell clark <coffeekingms@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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kendell>
kendell> I'd agree with this. The espeak supports needs
kendell> improvement, as well as emacspeak-bookshare, unless
kendell> i'm missing some configuration step. I keep running
kendell> into an error of, bookshare password for nil. I
kendell> enter the password, and a few seconds later, "Does
kendell> not look like a bookshare response" I think either
kendell> bookshare support is broken, or maybe the bookshare
kendell> API has changed, not sure. Thanks Kendell clark
kendell>
kendell> On 09/15/2014 05:31 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
>> Ubuntu has a deb package fo r emacspeak 38. Also one for
>> speech. It is already two versions behind. Also, speech
>> server package runs into trouble because DECtalk express
>> is still default speech engine. They don't even make it
>> anymore. Do not know why. It is still the default. E-speak
>> makes more sense because it is everywhere now
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Sep 15, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Florian Beijers
>>> <florianbeijers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think it is a matter of inclination more than a matter
>>> of expertise. A lot of these steps, when I look at them
>>> as you have listed them here, can be automated perfectly
>>> easily. Trouble is mainly caused by the distro-specific
>>> espeak packages and tcl. I am not an expert at this but
>>> from my point of view it doesn't look too difficult to
>>> make distro-specific packages (.deb, .rpm) for this and
>>> write an install script that automates pretty much the
>>> whole deal. I would do it, but I am currently swamped
>>> with other stuff and just don't have the time and
>>> resources to learn and research Bash scripting and distro
>>> package maintenance ...
>>>
>>> Regards, Florian
>>>
>>> 2014-09-16 0:16 GMT+02:00, Alex Midence
>>> <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Yes, it's a royal pain to get working. Basically, here's
>>>> what you have to do:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Get the source via svn: $ svn co
>>>> http://emacspeak.googlecode.com/svn/trunk emacspeak
>>>> 2. Get the espeak development library packages. (This is
>>>> distro-specific so, do some digging) 3. Get
>>>> tcl8.4. 4. cd into the emacspeak directory and as root
>>>> type make config 5. Type make emacspeak as root. 6. cd
>>>> into the servers directory and find the linux-espeak
>>>> directory and cd into it. 7. Now, do a make; make
>>>> install either as sudo or root. 8. Issue the following
>>>> environment variable command: Export DTK_PROGRAM=espeak
>>>> 9. nano /usr/bin/emacspeak 10. Arrow down to bottom of
>>>> the file and get that -q out of there. Arrow up to the
>>>> line referring to emacs in unary mode and put a hash in
>>>> front of it to coment out. Ctrl x and save.
>>>>
>>>> After all that, type emacspeak at a command line prompt
>>>> and all should be well. Those of you shouting and
>>>> hollering that it shouldn't be this hard are right but,
>>>> trouble is, no one seems to either have the expertise or
>>>> inclination to make it easier.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: kendell clark
>>>> [mailto:coffeekingms@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September
>>>> 15, 2014 5:03 PM To: Florian Beijers; emacspeak list
>>>> Subject: Re: Emacspeak installation information
>>>>
>>
>>
>> hi Here, here. I run into this issue constantly. I've
>> actually gotten emacspeak working, kind of, on arch. The
>> pckage build is unmaintained, and I have to modify the
>> build script just to get it to build. Then tclx builds
>> empty binaries, and I have to try to remember what I did
>> to get it working. Then I can't get daisy mode to work
>> ... and the cycle repeats. Once I actually get into
>> emacspeak and get the stuff working, it's phenomenal. The
>> eloquence support is much g better than espeak, but I
>> guess that'll get fixed eventually. Emacspeak is a
>> fantastic concept ... If it just worked instead of
>> returning with process speaker not working, that's because
>> of tclx screwing up, by the way. We need good docs, and we
>> need maintainers of the various distro's emacspeak
>> packages. Thanks Kendell clark
>>
>>>>>> On 09/15/2014 04:48 PM, Florian Beijers wrote: Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just finished reading through the Emacspeak at 20
>>>>>> article and entered what I have dubbed my "Emacspeak
>>>>>> loop" again. This basically consists of me wanting to
>>>>>> try Emacspeak, building a vm of the latest
>>>>>> blind-friendly Linux distro out there to save time,
>>>>>> downloading the latest emacspeak, trying to set it up,
>>>>>> failing, getting frustrated and giving up. It has
>>>>>> become a trend for me to wonder what strange, unclear
>>>>>> error will jump out at me next when I try to configure
>>>>>> and build Emacspeak. The installation howto that is
>>>>>> available appears to last have been updated about 12
>>>>>> years ago and scraping together bits and pieces from
>>>>>> this list , as well as other blogs, sometimes help me
>>>>>> enough to actually get a semi-stable instance of
>>>>>> Emacspeak going if I'm lucky. Now don't get me wrong,
>>>>>> I really like the concept Emacspeak is trying to
>>>>>> portray. I am a computer science student myself and
>>>>>> aim for this to be my chosen career path. I'd like
>>>>>> Emacspeak to be a part of that, but if I keep having
>>>>>> to work a day or more to make the system boot up, let
>>>>>> alone run smoothly, I am wondering where things are
>>>>>> going wrong. Shouldn't we take a bit of time to make
>>>>>> this part of the emacspeak experience a little more
>>>>>> user-friendly? Think of writing up accurate and
>>>>>> contemporary installation docs? Perhaps change the
>>>>>> installation script so it actually looks for what
>>>>>> speech system is currently being used rather than
>>>>>> making the user manually configure this, just to name
>>>>>> an example? I like the configurability Emacspeak
>>>>>> provides. It gives you the opportunity to change
>>>>>> everything to your liking, but again, this is no use
>>>>>> to anybody if they can't get the system to work. I've
>>>>>> recommended Emacspeak to others in the past and more
>>>>>> often than notwas met with a reply sounding something
>>>>>> like "Hmm ...yeah I've heard of it and played around
>>>>>> with it, but I never really got it to work ..." . I
>>>>>> think this is a shame. The more users Emacspeak has
>>>>>> the better it can become. Configurability is good, but
>>>>>> sometimes it's also nice to have a way to quickly get
>>>>>> things to work. I just thought of something while
>>>>>> writing this long email, could vagrant not offer a
>>>>>> solution here? Offer pre-made linux VM's where
>>>>>> Emacspeak is already configured? I'm just throwing
>>>>>> ideas out there, because I really think this needs to
>>>>>> be improved.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards, Florian
>>>>>>
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