From hidden@paradise.net.nz Tue Aug 20 12:15:03 2002 Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 12:15:03 +1200 From: Volker Kuhlmann To: vvdictator Subject: Latest versions of ViaVoice, and java issues Message-ID: <20020820001503.GA8727@paradise.net.nz> I am posting this to help new users find the parts to get viavoice for linux working, in answer to various questions on the list recently. As far as I know, viavoice for linux was only available by 2 means: 1) IBM viavoice dictation boxed set, available in the USA only. This contains old rpms which need to be upodated. For US-English language only. 2) Some versions of Mandrake (deluxe, or such) included ViaVoice, available globally. These rpms were up to date. Languages other than US-English may have been available (can anyone post an ls -l of those?). As I am not in the USA I had to go 2). From my website, 2.a): The viavoice software is from CD 4 (Commercial Apps 2) of a Mandrake linux powerpack 8.0, ISBN 1-57595-493-1. File dates (in GMT), sizes, md5 sums etc: 5675307 2001-04-18 10:56:28 ViaVoice_Dictation-1.1-0.0.i386.rpm 1287476 2001-04-18 10:56:29 ViaVoice_TTS_rtk-5.1-1.2.i386.rpm 2846764 2001-04-18 10:56:29 ViaVoice_runtime-3.1-0.0.i386.rpm 185041363 2001-04-18 10:58:34 ViaVoice_runtime_US_LangPack-3.1-0.0.i386.rpm f01b9a13da086e63c006891686c2f619 ViaVoice_Dictation-1.1-0.0.i386.rpm 0aafee2bb6fb82b89abcf8f2c1baefc8 ViaVoice_TTS_rtk-5.1-1.2.i386.rpm 70c5a72d1c17794b6953e8de5924e293 ViaVoice_runtime-3.1-0.0.i386.rpm 8355ddf8db19ae0e4ff5620649257691 ViaVoice_runtime_US_LangPack-3.1-0.0.i386.rpm The IBM boxed set contains an old version of at least one of the rpms (can someone send me the equivalent info above for the boxed set please?). IBM decided to make this available for download, see posting from Eric Hansen of 25 Apr 2002, in the archive at: Ooops, the list archive is broken and stopped with March 02, that explains why people keep on asking. Well, as it was an email to the public, I have taken the liberty to put a copy here: http://volker.orcon.net.nz/linux/vvfiles/vvdictation-update-020425 The version of ViaVoice in the boxed set will definitely not work with IBM java 1.3, the updated version will. This may save people some time tracking down that obsolete blackdown java version. I still recommend everyone install the patch from my web site, it fixes a few potential problems with how ViaVoice is run. Most importantly, it adds a variable which allows to specify the path of the java ViaVoice will use. Some parts of the patch may be specific to SuSE, this won't be many and they can be left out (ignore the errors caused by those parts). Enjoy, Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.orcon.net.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me.