Re: Goooooood news, touch screen works !

Sounds good! I've ben watching this list to see how progress is going toward getting linux running on the Dell.

        Is linux running on any pda? If so, which one/ones? If so, perhaps we could look at getting speakup patched into a kernel on a different pda, one with enough cpu power to do the speech synthesis.

        thanks again for your interest.

        --terry

On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 02:57:55AM +0100, Angel Sánchez Morales wrote:
> Oh, it seems more difficult to put this on the pda :/
> Well, once we have a working environment on the pda we can try to
> install it and patch the kernel and try various things to make it
> work.
>
> On 12/30/05, Terry D. Cudney <terry.cudney_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Angel,
> >
> > thanks for your reply...
> >
> > In fact, speakup is a set of kernel patches that you must apply to the kernel source before compiling for your machine. there are a few pre-compiled kernels with speakup already patched in, but it's best to do a custom configuration.
> >
> > Until recently, speakup depended on a hardware speech synthesizer connected to the serial port. Now there is software speech available using festival (or flite (festival lite) which are GPL'ed and software dectalk which is a binary only commercial tts (text to speech) engine that has been interfaced to the speakup code
> >
> > there is an intermediary piece of GPL'ed software called speech dispatcher that gives a more device independent interface to the driver of the tts device whether that is hardware or software speech.
> >
> > I fear the problems are:
> >
> > 1) binary-only Software Dectalk is out of the question for another architecture, it's x86 specific. (Although, I understand that there is a Windows Mobile version of software Dectalk from Fonix running on the Dell pda). Being commercial, proprietary the licensing of this software is not appealing.
> >
> > 2) festival and flite are quite large and cpu intensive, I don't know how well a pda would handle the task. I'd like to think it would do OK, but don't really understand the connections betwen the audio hardware/subsystem and the tts engine.
> >
> > Speakup, is just the facility to allow control of what is spoken from the text console. Check out the speakup site at www.linux-speakup.org. Maybe you can have more insight as to the possibilities there.
> >
> > thanks for your time and interest in responding to my query.
> >
> > --terry
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 09:33:58PM +0100, Angel Sánchez Morales wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > The cool thing about linux is that you only need to recompile the source
> > > for executing any app in other hardware, well... the good thing about
> > > linux is that you can compile it for youself :p
> > >
> > > So at first if it works on your desktop it should work on the pda if
> > > there isn't any machine specific code on the source.
> > >
> > > If you have problems running it you can always try to contact the
> > > developer of the app you need.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Terry D. Cudney wrote:
> > > >Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > This is good news! Going in the right direction...
> > > >
> > > > I have an Axiom x50 with Humanware's Maestro/Trekker software
> > > > running on WM 2003 to give voice output since I am blind. I use
> > > > linux with speakup on my desktop/laptop machines and would love to
> > > > have linux with speech output (preferably speakup) on the Dell.
> > > > Does anyone have any idea of the feasibility of this? I figure if
> > > > speech output can be done under WM2003, it should be possible and
> > > > better under linux... I suspect that drivers for the speech tts and
> > > > audio chips will be the hurdle?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any feedback/observations in this regard. Is anyone, in
> > > > fact looking at this area at present?
> > > >
> > > > thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > --terry
> > > >
> > > >On Sun, Jan 01, 2006 at 04:29:32PM +0800, Fisherss wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>Exactly boot from main memory and load graphic user interface from SD
> > > >>card with touch screen support.
> > > >>
> > > >>Jorge Schrauwen wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>Ok I've been on vacation for the last 2 weeks...
> > > >>>so from quickly reading over this...
> > > >>>
> > > >>>You manged to get linux to boot from SD, with a screen driver with
> > > >>>touchpad support?
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>On 1/1/06, Don McMorris <don.mcmorris_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>>I've been quietly monitoring the list, hoping to one day put Linux on
> > > >>>>my Axim X50v. I'm not going to do it until a full build is available,
> > > >>>>and fairly trivial to install (IE: no custom drivers, etc.).
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>I write today to encourage you to keep up the good work!
> > > >>>>Unfortunately, I lack sufficient knowlege to contribute code, but I'll
> > > >>>>be in the bleachers cheerin' you on1
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Goooooooooo Axim!
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>Keep up the good work, everybody!
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>--Don
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>On 12/31/05, jp <insanelysick1_at_tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>>Yeah its gona be so much better than this windows mobile
> > > >>>>>crap.nespecially windows mobile 5.
> > > >>>>>how far along is usb networking?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>rada b. wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>>Wow guys thats awesome! I cant wait to have linux on my Axim
> > > >>>>>>:-D:-D:-D:-D!!!
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>
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