Re: 2.4 Proposed Modules - 2 weeks left

[Kenny Hitt <kennyhitt knology net>]

Hi.  Yes, I'm still using festival.  So far, I haven't been able to get
any other synth driver compiled for gnome-speech.  I'll be posting my
problems with the compiles in a different message.

I noticed that Marc's demo used viavoice.  Viavoice isn't available any
more, so what is the best synth to use with Gnopernicus?  If possible,
could someone add a note about the best synth to use in the Gnopernicus
README file.  Even if the synth isn't free, it would be good to know
what works best.

          Kenny

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 02:52:07PM +0100, Bill Haneman wrote:
> Hi Kenny:
> 
> Are you by any chance using Festival as your text-to-speech engine?
> 
> There are known issues with Festival which result in a large portion of
> speech output being lost.  We are looking at the problem; again, this is
> more of a configuration issue than a "user's manual" issue, though I
> agree that more user documentation is needed.
> 
> Documentation and utilities that allow troubleshooting, or an "install
> wizard" for gnopernicus that can help make sure a target system is
> properly configured, are highly desired.  Please help us if you can, by
> filing RFEs and bugs;  if you have trouble using bugzilla, then an email
> with an enumerated buglist (with specific directions on reproducing the
> problem if a bug, and explaining the user scenario if an RFE) would also
> be helpful as an alternative, so that others can log the bugs.
> 
> Thanks and best regards,
> 
> - Bill
> 
> On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 14:08, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > Hi.  I need to start by saying I'm just a user, not a developer.
> > I've been reading the discussion on modules to include in Gnome 2.4.
> > The discussion seems to be about whether or not to include a web
> > browser.
> > As someone trying to use Gnome and Gnopernicus, I would like to request
> > that a real effort be put into documenting Gnopernicus.  I would offer
> > to do the job, but I still haven't got it working.  I have Gnopernicus
> > starting, but it gives me very litle information.  Until I heard Marc's
> > demo on acb radio's main menu, I just thought the program couldn't do
> > much.  After I heard that show, I realize my setup still isn't
> > configured.  I've read the Gnopernicus sight at least 10 times, and
> > still don't get much from it.  I didn't understand how to use the focus
> > tracking review mode until I heard marc using it.
> > 
> > I'm sure this is a great product, but without docs or a help system, it
> > isn't usable.
> > 
> >           Kenny
> > 
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