Mbrola-server for Emacspeak now as RPM package.

Hi Blinuxers,

the Mbrola server is now available as RPM package. This makes it much
easier to install and maintain the files. If your Linux system supports
RPMpackages, then installing the files is one simple command 'rpm -i
<your_package_name>' and you are ready to go.

Mbrola server allows you to run the famous speech enabled Emacspeak user
environment without a dedicated hardware speech synthesizer. Your stock
sound card is enough to get high quality speech output.
Speech output is provided by Mbrola software synthesizer which is also
available at the Blinux File Archive. I recommend a processor somewhat
faster than a 486DX100 (which I'm running:). A friend of mine
runs Emacspeak on his 400 Pentium and speech response is lightning fast.

What files do you need to run Emacspeak?
You'll need an installed Emacs. This should come with your Linux
distribution. If not, you'll look for two packages on the Internet:
emacs-* (the core files) and
emacs-X11-* this is an Emacs which has support for X11 built in.

If your Linux installation can handle RPM packages you'll download from
the Blinux file archive. All packages should install at the right
places and interact with each other smoothly:
1) The Emacspeak package:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux/emacspeak-9.0-2.noarch.rpm
2) The Mbrola Synthesizer binary:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/mbrola/blinux/RPMS/mbrola-3.01g1-1.i386.rpm
3) The English Mbrola voice file en1:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/mbrola/blinux/RPMS/mbrola-en1-2.0-1.i386.rpm
4) The Mbrola Server which redirects Emacspeak output to Mbrola:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux/mbrola_server/mbrola_server-1.3.1-1.i386.rpm

If you cannot handle RPM packages you'll download the corresponding tar
archives. You'll have to take care that files go to the right places:
1) The Emacspeak package as gzipped tar archive which has to be compiled:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/cornell.mirror/emacspeak-9.0.tgz
2) The Mbrola Synthesizer binary:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/mbrola/tcts.mirror/mbr301g1.zip
3) The English Mbrola voice file en1:
http://www.leb.net.mirror/pub/blinux/mbrola/tcts.mirror/VOICES/en1/en1-980910.zip
4) The Mbrola Server which redirects Emacspeak output to Mbrola:
http://www.leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux/mbrola_server/mbrola_server_1.3.1.tar.gz

Enjoy!
Hans

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