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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt index 977ab3f5a0a8..0d5965138f8f 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Last modified on Mon Sep 27 14:26:31 2010 Document version 1.3 Copyright (c) 2005 Gene Collins -Copyright (c) 2008 Samuel Thibault +Copyright (c) 2008, 2023 Samuel Thibault Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 the Speakup Team Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ spkout -- Speak Out txprt -- Transport dummy -- Plain text terminal -Note: Speakup does * NOT * support usb connections! Speakup also does * -NOT * support the internal Tripletalk! +Note: Speakup does * NOT * support the internal Tripletalk! Speakup does support two other synthesizers, but because they work in conjunction with other software, they must be loaded as modules after @@ -94,6 +93,12 @@ These are as follows: decpc -- DecTalk PC (not available at boot up) soft -- One of several software synthesizers (not available at boot up) +By default speakup looks for the synthesizer on the ttyS0 serial port. This can +be changed with the device parameter of the modules, for instance for +DoubleTalk LT: + +speakup_ltlk.dev=ttyUSB0 + See the sections on loading modules and software synthesizers later in this manual for further details. It should be noted here that the speakup.synth boot parameter will have no effect if Speakup has been @@ -543,7 +548,7 @@ As mentioned earlier, Speakup can either be completely compiled into the kernel, with the exception of the help module, or it can be compiled as a series of modules. When compiled as modules, Speakup will only be able to speak some of the bootup messages if your system administrator -has configured the system to load the modules at boo time. The modules +has configured the system to load the modules at boot time. The modules can be loaded after the file systems have been checked and mounted, or from an initrd. There is a third possibility. Speakup can be compiled with some components built into the kernel, and others as modules. As @@ -1105,8 +1110,8 @@ speakup load Alternatively, you can add the above line to your file ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. -If your system administrator ran himself the script, all the users will be able -to change from English to the language choosed by root and do directly +If your system administrator himself ran the script, all the users will be able +to change from English to the language chosen by root and do directly speakupconf load (or add this to the ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile file). If there are several languages to handle, the administrator (or every user) will have to run the first steps until speakupconf |