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[Jason J.G. White]

On 3/2/24 14:11, Chime Hart wrote:
> In reality Jason, it was Emacsspeak which wouldn't compile, even with 
> a newer version. I don't know if there are ways of useing the server 
> alone?

Yes, you can run the speech server directly from a shell for testing 
purposes. There are two servers, dtk-exp for DECTalk Express and 
dtk-soft for Software DECtalk. If you run the server from a shell, you 
should get spoken output, and a prompt. I have always found it useful to 
test the speech server before running Emacspeak.

If memory serves, current versions of Emacspeak need Emacs 29.

even if Emacspeak doesn't fully compile, you should still be able to run 
it. Byte compilation improves its efficiency, but it should still run 
from the Emacs Lisp source files without being completely byte-compiled.

I personally run Emacspeak from its Git repository, which is kept in a 
subdirectory of my home directory.