Re: [orca-list] have anyone tried espeak 1.40

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

On 24.02.2009 at 13:28:32 Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de> wrote:
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> > How do I install it if I download the binaries for ubuntu?
>
> That's a bit tricky, since you have to copy the needed files to the right
> places. So my recommend is to download the source package and build it.
> Make sure to have all the dependencies for doing this by typing:
> sudo aptitude update
> sudo aptitude build-dep espeak
> Then unpack the downloaded archive and change to the src subfolder in
> the Espeak main folder.

I forgot one point: In order to have Alsa support for Gnome-Speech, you
have to do one more step before compiling:
sudo cp portaudio19.h portaudio.h

> Then type:
> sudo make
> sudo make install
> Note: You _must read the output before continuing to the next step in
> order to see whether the compilation went right.
> Hermann

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