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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/spkguide.txt index 3782f6a09e97..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 @@ -344,6 +349,7 @@ spk key_slash = say_attributes spk key_8 = speakup_paste shift spk key_m = say_first_char ctrl spk key_semicolon = say_last_char +spk key_r = read_all_doc 5. The Speakup Sys System @@ -542,7 +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 @@ -1032,7 +1038,9 @@ speakup + keypad 3, you would hear: The speakup key is depressed, so the name of the key state is speakup. This part of the message comes from the states collection. -14.2. Loading Your Own Messages +14.2. Changing language + +14.2.1. Loading Your Own Messages The files under the i18n subdirectory all follow the same format. They consist of lines, with one message per line. @@ -1065,8 +1073,50 @@ echo '1 azul' > /speakup/i18n/colors The next time that Speakup says message 1 from the colors group, it will say "azul", rather than "blue." +14.2.2. Choose a language + In the future, translations into various languages will be made available, -and most users will just load the files necessary for their language. +and most users will just load the files necessary for their language. So far, +only French language is available beyond native Canadian English language. + +French is only available after you are logged in. + +Canadian English is the default language. To toggle another language, +download the source of Speakup and untar it in your home directory. The +following command should let you do this: + +tar xvjf speakup-<version>.tar.bz2 + +where <version> is the version number of the application. + +Next, change to the newly created directory, then into the tools/ directory, and +run the script speakup_setlocale. You are asked the language that you want to +use. Type the number associated to your language (e.g. fr for French) then press +Enter. Needed files are copied in the i18n directory. + +Note: the speakupconf must be installed on your system so that settings are saved. +Otherwise, you will have an error: your language will be loaded but you will +have to run the script again every time Speakup restarts. +See section 16.1. for information about speakupconf. + +You will have to repeat these steps for any change of locale, i.e. if you wish +change the speakup's language or charset (iso-8859-15 ou UTF-8). + +If you wish store the settings, note that at your next login, you will need to +do: + +speakup load + +Alternatively, you can add the above line to your file +~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile. + +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 +save, choosing the appropriate language, in every user's home directory. Every +user will then be able to do speakupconf load, Speakup will load his own settings. 14.3. No Support for Non-Western-European Languages |