[nfbcs] ubuntu server with speakup

Fri Jun 30 16:58:02 UTC 2017

That's been my thinking too. I know that Ubuntu sometimes has better
drivers and it was my hope that I could get it to work with my soundcard
on my desktop, but I'll give Debian a second shot. I have a yeti mic I
might be able to plug in and see if that will work as the primary soundcard.
Thanks,

On 6/30/2017 12:56 PM, Jack Heim wrote:
> Over the years I've done a variety of things. I used to use debian
> exclusively because of the talking install. I'd get a nice system that
> came up talking and without all the graphical stuff. I still use that
> for most of the stuff I do at home. At work I usually do an ubuntu
> server install via an auto installer called fai, for "fully automated
> install". But I no longer see any advantage to ubuntu server over
> debian. I've started switching machines back from ubuntu server to
> plain old debian. I also manage 2 servers that I set up by installing
> ubuntu desktop and switching to server. There are plenty of howtos out
> there but you'd better have a bootable thumb drive handy before you
> try it. I would recommend just settling for getting rid of X11 and
> everything that depends on it.  Or just install ubuntu desktop and run
> it like a server.
>
> BTW, I just upgraded the desktop I'm typing this message on from
> ubuntu xenial to zesty. It loads the kernel module for my doubletalk
> hardware speech synth but it doesn't talk. The speakup kernel modules
> are under active development and some of the fixes have made their way
> into the ubuntu kernel. At the moment, they may have made it slighty
> worse because I used to know how to hack the kernel code to make my
> doubletalk work.  Fortunately, I don't really need it on a desktop.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 06/30/2017 11:30 AM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
>> Hello:
>> Yes, I was looking for something with speech at install. I don't want
>> the GUI and all the extra stuff that comes with the desktop, but I
>> need to be able to actually perform the install without help. Thanks
>> for the tips, I'll see if desktop will let me just not install the
>> GUI components.
>>
>> I know Debian has speakup builtin, but for whatever reason I've not
>> actually gotten it to work thus far. I think it's having issues
>> detecting my soundcard. Archlinux can find my soundcard, but I'd
>> rather not run arch if I can avoid it. I like the project, I just
>> never have had luck with upgrades.
>> Thanks,
>> On 6/30/2017 12:19 PM, Jack Heim via nfbcs wrote:
>>> It occurs to me that by "built in", the OP was probably asking if
>>> the speakup kernel modules are built into the ubuntu server kernel.
>>> The answer is that they are. To use software speech, you only need
>>> to install the espeakup package, "apt-get install espeakup".
>>>
>>> I haven't tried ubuntu zesty (17.04) but the ubuntu server yakkety
>>> install did not have speech. But you can install ubuntu desktop and
>>> change it to server. In fact, ubuntu server and desktop now use the
>>> same kernel so there isn't much point in switching from desktop to
>>> server unless you want to save disk space by removing the gui. On
>>> the other hand, on a server, you might want to stay in the cli and
>>> use speakup. That's what I do on most of the servers I manage. But
>>> leaving the gui on there and using orca is a valid option too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06/29/2017 10:26 PM, David via nfbcs wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Not sure about ubuntu, but debian, which ubuntu is based, does have
>>>> speakup built-in.
>>>>
>>>> --David
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 10:45 AM 6/29/2017, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
>>>>> All:
>>>>>
>>>>> Does speakup come built in to the ubuntu server installation?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>>
>>>>> Take Care,
>>>>> Tyler Littlefield
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