Re: First install experience

[bart bunting <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

please do not use this version.
it has no support for stopping speech.
use the latest version from:
ftp://ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/users/bart/mbrola_server/
Bart

Bart

James R. Van Zandt writes:
 > 
 > Jean -
 > 
 > Actually, Raman's emacspeak distribution includes a beta version
 > mbrola server named "mbrola".  However, it apparently does not get
 > installed by default.  You need to copy it to
 > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak.  I have not tried it out.  It
 > may need some customizing for your mbrola setup.
 > 
 > 	      - Jim Van Zandt
 > 
 > 
 > >Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 23:36:41 +0200
 > >From: Jean Jordaan <rgo_anas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
 > ...
 > >I installed festival and mbrola. I'm still feeling my way around 
 > >them, don't know exactly what I can expect. I got some errors 
 > >complaining that for example the fr2 database was out of date, and 
 > >that I had the wrong binary format voice databases for my 
 > >architecture. I did get festival to speak fortunes from 
 > >/usr/games/fortune, and mbrola to recite its demo's. The speech they 
 > >generate is excellent.
 > >
 > >Of course, I'm really hoping that they can serve emacspeak, but I've 
 > >heard no mention of any such possibility here, so I guess that's out. 
 > >Festival had a mention of use from Emacs, but only 
 > >"festival-speak-buffer" or something, no AUI.
 > ...
 > 
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