Re: [orca-list] IBMTTS and slackware

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
You confirmed what I thought might be the case regarding libstdc++, I
did think it was quite tied in with other parts of the system.

I did get one response off list (I replied to that response on list as I
thought there may be useful information) saying that it depends
on /usr/lib/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so. Whilst slackware doesn't
have that file in that location, it does seem to have it
in /usr/i486-slackware-linux/lib which I beleive is a path used by ld.
Might copying this file or linking to it from /usr/lib/ work?

Whilst I haven't dealt with oralux people directly I do get the
impression from their website that they will be helpful, and if they
would give me my money back if I couldn't get things working (even
though it is quite a small amount, particularly compared to ttsynth)
this gives me even more confidence to get voxin.

Michael Whapples
On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 22:54 +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hi Michael
>
> I really don't think building from source is a viable option.  because
> libc++ is part of the tool chain which means that it's bound to the
> version of kernel headers and gcc.  If you wish to consider it you might
> want to read the related pages of the linux from scratch lfs book.  I'm
> not sure how they coexist on a system for these speech packages but they
> obviously do so there's a way.
>
> I'd suggest you email the folks at voxin they are very helpful and will
> give you your money back if you are not satisfied.
>
> Gena  
>
> On Sun, 2008-06-01 at 20:36 +0100, Michael Whapples wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I know this has come up before, but I can't remember any actual final
> > conclusion.
> >
> > Whilst I thought espeak was fast enough, I found I had to use a windows
> > machine last week, and it reminded me how I do actually use eloquence in
> > windows faster than I have espeak. This has got me thinking whether I
> > should get IBMTTS for linux, but I have a few questions.
> >
> > I know that IBMTTS requires an old compatibility library, which I am
> > unsure is provided in slackware. So how could I go about trying to get
> > this library? Does anyone know of a suitable slackware package for it?
> > If not how might I go about providing this myself from source (I had a
> > look around for the source code I might need, but all libstdc++ seems to
> > have numbers such as 6.0.x etc much highrt than what the TTSynth site
> > suggests, 2.9.6 or 2.9.5). Could it be possible to use a package from a
> > different distribution, eg. I remember back in the days when I used
> > trplayer, I could use rpm2tgz to convert the realplayer 8 package into a
> > slackware package and it worked fine, but I suspect that for libstdc++
> > compatibility libraries things may not be so simple.
> >
> > This brings me on to another question, whether to use voxin or ttsynth?
> > The ttsynth website says there won't be any support provided, so I guess
> > this means if I buy ttsynth and can't get it working then I am on my own
> > and may have wasted money on it. Might things be better with voxin,
> > their website says that voxin includes the libstdc++ compatibility
> > library (I guess for debian or ubuntu as those are the distros
> > mentioned). 
> >
> > Alternatively I am wondering whether it would be best save the money and
> > stick with espeak as it is good and works, where as ibmtts sounds like I
> > may hit all sorts of compatibility issues and potentially have no
> > support from the seller.
> >
> > Michael Whapples
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