RE: ./configure information (was Re: Orca Installation problem)

["Mike Wigle" <Mike Wigle cincyblind org>]

I want to thank Willie and Willem for all the help. I have some success
to report! I managed to get the orca-setup program to run properly. The
prefix=/usr command on the configuration did the job. It even spoke to
me at the end! Unfortunately, when I ran orca afterward I received the
following lines:

Changing debug level to 1000
Changed debug level to 1000
Could not initialize connection to Braille

Then it just hangs there not apparently doing anything. I read through
the Orca.py file to learn a bit of how it works and found in the
init(registry) section the line that prints the Braille error (which I
expected because I have no Braille display). What I'm not sure though is
why I don't get one of the 3 messages from the attempted initialization
of the speech or why it hangs on the attempt to initialize the
magnification. As a side note, I noticed someone else had trouble with
festival and that's the only TTS engine I have installed. What's the
preferred TTS engine for Orca? Also, I couldn't find a QUICKSTART file
anywhere, just the TODO and README.

Thanks again folks for all of your help.

Michael Wigle
Computer Access Specialist
Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
2045 Gilbert Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Phone: 513-487-4243
Fax: 513-221-2995
E-mail: mike wigle cincyblind org

-----Original Message-----
From: Willie Walker [mailto:William Walker Sun COM] 
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 8:42 AM
To: Orca screen reader developers
Subject: ./configure information (was Re: Orca Installation problem)

Sorry for the frustrating experience, Mike.  :-(