Re: [orca-list] ibm voices

[Jeremy Lincicome <w0jrl1 gmail com>]

On 12/16/2011 05:08 AM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> What version of Ubuntu are you running? What version of Voxin?
>
> For example, I think I had to move up to Voxin 0.37 to get it to work
> with Ubuntu 11.04. When trying to install an older version of Voxin,
> there was an error message and Voxin wasn't installed correctly. It
> didn't lead to the problems you're describing though.
>
> I'm not sure if Voxin supports Ubuntu 11.10 yet. I haven't tried this
> combination yet. I know people have been able to get Voxin to work with
> alphas of Ubuntu 12.04, but I don't know the details myself. You might
> try taking this question to the Vinux support list or IRC channel.
>
> On 15/12/11 22:34, Justin Harford wrote:
> > Hi guys 
> >
> > Wel I have been on the search for portuguese and spanish speaking voices for ubuntu, which lead me to the 
> > voxin voices. I bought a portuguese voice for some 5 dollars, ran the installer, and it totally appears to 
> > have destroyed my installation of vinux. My computer now gets hung up at the start-up process. I can get 
> > to the console, but there is no speech, and it won't let me log in to any of the accounts. 
> >
> > I am sort of telling this because it is an ironically funny story. My linux ife life then has lasted for 
> > exactly five days. I would have never thought that purchased software would turn out to destroy an entire 
> > system, but I've learned my lesson. lol. So I am going to hope that I can start over. My acer aspire one 
> > seems to be a bit finicky though when it comes to booting into the pen drive that I have for it. If anyone 
> > has any suggestions I would be grateful for the help. Also it would be nice if there were a better way 
> > than unetbootin to create a bootable thumb drive. 
> >
> > Fingers crossed that the computer isn't fried as well.
> >
> > Later 
> > Justin Harford 
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Justin,
If you can get into single user mode, just run the Voxin install script
again. It will ask you if you want to install a speech driver. Press N
for no. It will then ask you if you want to uninstall the TTS. Type yes.
That should fix your system.

Good luck,
Jeremy Lincicome