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Re: Process speaker not running?



I did have the environment variable set accordingly and I also tested the
driver in a stand-allone mode.  In fact, both the C version worked as well
as did the TCL version.  A later development after posting my last message
revealed that I would always get the "process speaker not running" message
Unless I renamed my driver dtk-exp and changed my environment accordingly.
Let me be sure of something: is the environment DTK_PROGRAM? if not, what
should it be?

Thanks for the help,
<Steve>

On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, T. V. Raman wrote:

> Steve Holmes writes:
>  > Why am I getting this?  I am attempting unsuccessfully to use
>  emacspeak
>  You are getting "process speaker not running"
>  because your driver is not running.
> 
>  If you are writing a driver,
> 
>  1) Make sure the driver runs before you start emacspeak ie run the
>  driver by itself.
> 
>  2) Make sure your environment variables are set up right to use your
>  new driver.
> 
>  3) If you are past steps 1 and 2,
>  then we can follow this up further.
>  
>  > 5.0 on my linux box.  I do not own a dectalk so am trying to build a
>  > driver for the Speakout from GW Micro.  When I test it using TCL or when I
>  > attempt to use a C program modled after Jim Van Zant's d-exp program, I
>  > get reasonable results; more work is yet required but at least they more
>  > less work.  When I try to load up emacspeak, I keep getting the message
>  > "Process speaker not running".  After that, I cannot get out of emacs no
>  > matter what I do.  I usually end up rebooting the system.  Jim told me
>  > recently I could do a c-e followed by a c-s but that doesn't appear to do
>  > me any good subsequent key strokes give me the same damn old thing.  I
>  > have set DTK_PROGRAM to my replacement module for the speakout correctly
>  > in the environment but still to no avail.  I am running out of luck and
>  > patience with this bloody thing.  It sounds so simple but I can't get any
>  > thing worthwhile out of it thus far.  I suppose if I had a dectalk all
>  > this would be moot.  We need compatability to other synthesisers and I
>  > want to do my part but not having good luck so far.
>  > 
>  > Can anyone help me out? Jim Van Zant has been a good help so far, but I
>  > think I might need more:).
>  > 
>  > Thanks in advance,
>  > <Steve> Holmes
> 
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> --raman
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