let me preface this with the fact that I am probably doing something wrong here. Having said that, I installed as per instructions, said the magic words...then said them again,.... and then again...and so on.. i might as well be talking to a box, as it resolutely stands firm in its refusal to "...

technosaurus, thank you! i love xdialog...and was going to suggest it if it didnt come up naturally in the conversation. Xdialog.will be important because some users will still want a visual representation of "what is going on" as well as an audible one. id like to see the ability for the ...

If you take a look at my little example, it uses no disk space unless "dictate" is toggled and then it only writes to a single file in the user's $HOME directory. ...oh, please dont misunderstand. I get it! im not complaining. i expect that this will end up as a Frankenstein of code and b...

Quote: I also added the 'computer' sounds from the site above and put them in /usr/share/chatterbox/sounds We have a chatterbox directory in /usr/share? Oooooh, that sounds great! Almost like a REAL program now... Smile ...yeah, that was getting necessary. i have a sscript running somewhere in all ...

H4LF82 wrote: Code: #!/bin/bash #This is just a "proof_of_concept" to show that the user can provide verbal feedback to control an action # Establish loop condition_to_check="False" while [[ ${condition_to_check} == "False" ]]; do Hi H4LF82, does this addition mean tha...

I meant for text2speech to be shell function wrapper like the ones in my link. The ultralight espeak version I built only uses standard puppy libs (no portaudio, ...), so the wav output option can be sent to stdout and piped through aplay (I like the unix philosophy) ...ooooh. i see now!... I wonde...

what about puppy in place of computer... the only problem i have with that is that "puppy" sounds like all sorts of other words ending with the long E sound, and that could lead to problems. the star trek computer is a good model to follow...and it has the advantage of being a four syllab...

okay, so correct me if I am wrong, but as i understand it, the point of this exercise was to make the "music" play by saying "music", and that is a done deal now, right? so now should we go on to step 3, which I assume entails adding other command words (like "shutdown"...

That actually sounds cool, like the auditory awareness methods used in pilots helmets. Your ears can 'see' almost 360x360 when your eyes are looking forward, a missle or enemy plane(s) can be heard in your minds eye, with audio phase changes and microseconds delays. It's very amazing how well the e...

READY.... Listening... Stopped listening, please wait... 000000000: music READY.... Listening... Stopped listening, please wait... 000000001: music READY.... Listening... Stopped listening, please wait... 000000002: music READY.... the "music" was funny! i can indeed confirm that it works...

that microphone i was using is special. it cannot be counted as a typical mic..it is 8 microphones in an array. it can hear an ant tripping and if you feel like doing some math it will tell you which direction the ant tripped in and how far away it was...a fresh built puppy running in RAM for the fi...

ok ive done the install a couple of times now to make sure I get it clean from pfix=ram and loaded it as per the instructions. ive instructed everyone to leave and go to the store and im turning off all fans and other sources of noise. i have a newly built mic thats ready to go...i have only to rest...

ok! obviously I am having an issue, but its not with the fotfware...its the hardware. a word about me and hardware...i like hardware, and i really like overkill...and being an overkill-on-the-hardware kind of guy, my microphone is a home-brewed array of 8 different directional microphones. he result...

im having issue---but there is no surprise there.

im starting over and retrying from pfix=ram... im positive i messed up at least twice...

bear with me. im moving like a herd of terrapins...

fleet 'o foot i am not

let me find a caffeinated beverage and I am all over it greengeek!

im excited ill let you know the results post haste!

in a perfect world, the speech-driven puppy would have this menu at a minimum, and it would have the ability to add any other functionality that is available (as long as the user is willing to tediously speak, type, or and confirm every option for every .pet available in this "distro" and ...

you may also find it helpful to use the sleep/usleep command and an audible "ding.wav" to mark the "beginning" and the ""end" of the voice-prompt window, if timing or "lag" is an issu and to make no mistake that the machine is listening/stopped listening ...

that mutes speakers .... look here to control others... sh-4.1# amixer -h Usage: amixer <options> [command] Available options: -h,--help this help -c,--card N select the card -D,--device N select the device, default 'default' -d,--debug debug mode -n,--nocheck do not perform range checking -v,--vers...

...this is what makes an "OFF"switch so handy. for this moment, its not a big deal because we are still working out form and function...but ultimately an off switch will be vital. i will be using a bluetooth headset, and even this (which cannot hear its own speaker) will need a software-si...

that is outstanding greengeek! I was wondering how we were going to deal with that HUGE vocabulary. I will begin working on a "one size fits all" word-base today for non-visually-accessible options that hopefully will come a lot closer to fitting the bill than is currently available on oth...