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[Emacspeak] Re: Getting Started



Sounds like you need to make the shared library used by the outloud
server. Go into the servers/linux-outloud directory and type make. If it
builds without errors, then try running ./outloud in the servers
directory. If that works, then you should be set to go.

John Covici via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:

> Voxin is installed, I use it with orca all the time, do I have to
> install something extra for emacspeak?
>
> On Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:51:21 -0500,
> Devin Prater wrote:
>> 
>> [1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>]
>> Okay, make sure Voxin is installed, and restart the machine.
>> Devin Prater
>> r.d.t.prater(a)gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 10:37 AM John Covici <covici(a)ccs.covici.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > 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:
>> > >
>> > > [1  <multipart/alternative (7bit)>]
>> > > [1.1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>]
>> > > 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
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 8:59 AM John Covici <covici(a)ccs.covici.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > 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:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > [1  <multipart/alternative (7bit)>]
>> > > > > [1.1  <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>]
>> > > > > 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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>> > > > --
>> > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
>> > > > How do
>> > > > you spend it?
>> > > >
>> > > >          John Covici wb2una
>> > > >          covici(a)ccs.covici.com
>> > > >
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
>> > How do
>> > you spend it?
>> >
>> >          John Covici wb2una
>> >          covici(a)ccs.covici.com
>> >
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