Re: [orca-list] The new fedora 12

["ashley" <ash cox talktalk net>]

Installed espeak:
yum install espeak gnome-speech-espeak

then go into preferences and change the synth to espeak. all should work.
ash
Personal website:
www.ashleycox.co.uk
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cody" <cdog2005 gmail com>
To: "ashley cox" <ash cox talktalk net>
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] The new fedora 12


> I need to make one very important statement here. I have used fc10 and 12
> both, and I have no idea who picked out that god awful festival 
> synthesizer,
> but it is virtually unusable. it won't hush when you hit control, you 
> can't
> adjust the rate/pitch and it is monotone. I found other issues with fc and
> was one of the reasons why I decided not to use it. I had thought about
> gentoo, but don't know if orca works with the install for the live cd yet.
> if so, I'd love to get my hands on an iso and the instructions. so how did
> you get orca working while using that awful synthesizer?
>
> Cody
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ashley cox" <ash cox talktalk net>
> To: <orca-list gnome org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 4:17 PM
> Subject: [orca-list] The new fedora 12
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would just like to say that I am very impressed with performance of 
> > orca
> > on the new fedora 12. I am running it in a virtual machine on my mac and
> > one of the best things about orca in this release is that you don't have
> > to change any settings to use admin apps without using the root account.
> > THis means you can activate admin apps from the menus and use them just
> > like a sighted user would.
> >
> > Well done orca and fedora developers!
> >
> > ash
> > personal website:
> > www.ashleycox.co.uk
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > The manual is at
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
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