[Emacspeak] Re: Getting Started

[John Covici <covici@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No joy, still says speaker process not running. If I go to the servers
directory, and type ./outloud I get the following:

Using SoX
Could not load libibmeci.so
libibmeci.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
Please install the IBM ViaVoice Outloud RTK
    while executing
    "load $tclTTS/atcleci.so"
        (file "./outloud" line 459)
	   
On Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:23:17 -0500,
Devin Prater via Emacspeak wrote:
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> Try pressing C-e d o in Emacs. Control e, then d, o. This should switch to
> the Outloud speech server.
> Devin Prater
> r.d.t.prater(a)gmail.com
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> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 8:59 AM John Covici <covici(a)ccs.covici.com> wrote:
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> > Hi.  So, I am not using ubuntu, but I followed your instructions and
> > got no errors, but when I run emacs, I get process speaker not
> > running.  I have voxin working under orca, but not under emacspeak.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:51:54 -0500,
> > Devin Prater via Emacspeak wrote:
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> > > For Ubuntu, install Emacs:
> > > sudo apt install emacs
> > > also install git, mplayer, espeak-ng, tcl, and tclx You might have to
> > > instal tcl-dev* or tclx-dev* if it exists.
> > >
> > > Now,:
> > >
> > > git clone https://www.github.com/tvraman/emacspeak/
> > > cd emacspeak
> > > make
> > >
> > > now you have two options. Well, you could have more, but I doubt you have
> > > any hardware speech synthesizers. You can use ESpeak, and it works okay,
> > > but doesn't sound great. Or, you can install Voxin, from:
> > >
> > > Voxin: Home (oralux.org) <https://voxin.oralux.org/>
> > >
> > > It sounds a lot better, and works better with Emacspeak, too. Now, if you
> > > want to use Emacspeak with ESpeak:
> > >
> > > make espeak
> > >
> > > or with Voxin:
> > >
> > > make outloud
> > >
> > > Do pay attention to any error messages you get during any of these steps.
> > > If it says you don't have something, like:
> > >
> > > make: GCC: command not found
> > >
> > > install GCC like:
> > >
> > > sudo apt install gcc
> > >
> > > also it's a good idea to have the command-not-found package:
> > >
> > > sudo apt install command-not-found
> > >
> > > Now, install nano:
> > >
> > > sudo apt install nano
> > >
> > > and do
> > >
> > > nano ~/.emacs.el
> > >
> > > and paste, or write, the following, using the call to the speech server
> > > you're going to use:
> > >
> > > (load-file "~/emacspeak/lisp/emacspeak-setup.el")
> > > ;; If you're using ESpeak:
> > > ;; (espeak)
> > > ;; If you're using Voxin:
> > > (outloud)
> > >
> > > If you don't git clone stuff into the root of your home directory, which
> > > you shouldn't do as I do because it can get messy if you let it, do
> > change
> > > the load path to wherever you cloned Emacspeak.
> > >
> > > The call to the speech server is a hack and Doctor Raman may have a good
> > 16
> > > reasons not to do this, but it works, and I don't have to fiddle with
> > > .profile, .bash_profile, .bashrc, .shrc, .rc, or any other file to get
> > > Emacs working with Emacspeak.
> > >
> > > Now, save your .emacs.el file, which Emacs loads when it starts, by
> > > pressing Control o, then Enter, then Control x. Now, you should be back
> > at
> > > a shell, so try running Emacs by typing
> > >
> > > emacs
> > >
> > > and pressing Enter. Let us know if it works.
> > >
> > > Devin Prater
> > > r.d.t.prater(a)gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 9:26 AM Richard Wells via Emacspeak <
> > > emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a working ubuntu distribution running on a little laptop, but I
> > can
> > > > do something different if I need to in order to make the setup easier.
> > > > On 11/30/2021 8:27 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
> > > >
> > > > First, which OS are you planning on using Emacspeak on?
> > > > Devin Prater
> > > > r.d.t.prater(a)gmail.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 8:06 PM Richard Wells via Emacspeak <
> > > > emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Hello: My name is Richard wells. I have been hearing about this
> > > >> environment for many years but have never investigated it for myself.
> > > >> For someone like me who has no idea at all where to go to get started,
> > > >> how would you suggest I begin learning? My experience with computers
> > has
> > > >> been diverse with some Linux, but mostly Microsoft Windows and Apple
> > > >> Macintosh. Please be gentle with a user with absolutely no idea of
> > what
> > > >> emacspeak is and how to get productive using it.
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