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Re: [Roadnav-users] Verbal queues.

[jerry <jer...@at...>]

Does anyone have a compiled copy of festival for MacOS (tiger) for an Intel
MacBook?


On 10/24/06 7:21 PM, "Richard L. Lynch" <rl...@us...>
wrote:

> Currently, Roadnav will use Festival
> (http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/) if it's installed for text
> to speech on non-Windows OSes.  Once it's installed, you can
> enable/disable text to speech using the "Verbalize directions" option in
> the General page of Preferences.
> 
> Rich
> 
> jerry wrote:
>>  Hi,
>> 
>>  I'm installed on a Intel MacBook. I do not get any voice/verbal sounds. I'm
>>  also unable to find any settings to turn sounds on/off or control.
>>  
>>  How do I get the sound to work?
>> 
>>  Thanks in advance,
>>  
>>  Jerry
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Roadnav-users] Verbal queues.

[jerry <jer...@at...>]

Thank you Rich :)


On 10/24/06 7:21 PM, "Richard L. Lynch" <rl...@us...>
wrote:

> Currently, Roadnav will use Festival
> (http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/) if it's installed for text
> to speech on non-Windows OSes.  Once it's installed, you can
> enable/disable text to speech using the "Verbalize directions" option in
> the General page of Preferences.
> 
> Rich
> 
> jerry wrote:
>>  Hi,
>> 
>>  I'm installed on a Intel MacBook. I do not get any voice/verbal sounds. I'm
>>  also unable to find any settings to turn sounds on/off or control.
>>  
>>  How do I get the sound to work?
>> 
>>  Thanks in advance,
>>  
>>  Jerry
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Roadnav-users] Verbal queues.

[Richard L. L. <rl...@us...>]

Currently, Roadnav will use Festival 
(http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/) if it's installed for text 
to speech on non-Windows OSes.  Once it's installed, you can 
enable/disable text to speech using the "Verbalize directions" option in 
the General page of Preferences.

Rich

jerry wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  I'm installed on a Intel MacBook. I do not get any voice/verbal sounds. I'm
>  also unable to find any settings to turn sounds on/off or control.
>  
>  How do I get the sound to work?
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>  
>  Jerry
>
>
>
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Re: [Roadnav-users] Roadnav 0.16beta

[Richard L. L. <rl...@us...>]

Thanks for pointing that out.  You're seeing this on Windows, right?

I changed it so under Windows a custom crosshair cursor will be used 
rather than the system crosshair cursor, which by default blends into 
the night mode background.  wxGTK's cursor class seems to be a little 
buggy with respect to the cursor 'hot spot' so I left that alone.  
Luckily, the default cross hair cursor there contains both white and 
black so it's not invisible.  Same for OS X.

New 0.16 beta binaries are up on the download page with this fix.  If 
this is still occuring somewhere, please let me know, along with what OS 
+ distro you're seeing it on.

Rich

Gavin McDonald wrote:
>
> Looks good!
>
>  
>
> I like the new "drag-the-map" features, and the "zoom bar" on the right.
>
>
> On thing I just noticed though -- the crosshairs in night mode are 
> still black, and thus invisible...  Maybe yo ucan invert the cursor 
> when in night mode?
>
>  
>
> -G
>
>

[Roadnav-users] Verbal queues.

[jerry <jer...@at...>]

 Hi,

 I'm installed on a Intel MacBook. I do not get any voice/verbal sounds. I'm
 also unable to find any settings to turn sounds on/off or control.
 
 How do I get the sound to work?

 Thanks in advance,
 
 Jerry

Re: [Roadnav-users] Roadnav 0.16beta

[Gavin M. <gav...@gm...>]

Looks good!

 

I like the new "drag-the-map" features, and the "zoom bar" on the right.


On thing I just noticed though - the crosshairs in night mode are still
black, and thus invisible.  Maybe yo ucan invert the cursor when in night
mode?

 

-G

 

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From: roa...@li...
[mailto:roa...@li...] On Behalf Of Richard L.
Lynch
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:35 PM
To: roa...@li...
Subject: [Roadnav-users] Roadnav 0.16beta

 

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you guys know that Roadnav 0.16 is slated to be released
in a couple weeks, and in the meantime, a beta version of 0.16 is available
at the bottom of the download <http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/downloads.php>
page.  The beta version should be stable - it's actually more release
candidate quality than beta.  A lot has changed since 0.15 (change
<http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/roadnav/roadnav/trunk/ChangeLo
g>  log here), but one of the most evident changes is a long overdue
improvement in map drawing performance.  Other changes include a GPS
autodetection feature, UI improvements, experimental OpenStreetMap support,
having the map zoom level controlled by what type of road you're on, and a
new suggestion feature if an invalid address is entered.  I encourage
everyone to give 0.16 beta a try and to send me an email if you notice any
problems with it, so they can be resolved prior to the 0.16 final release in
the beginning of November.

Thanks,

Rich

[Roadnav-users] Roadnav 0.16beta

[Richard L. L. <rl...@us...>]

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you guys know that Roadnav 0.16 is slated to be 
released in a couple weeks, and in the meantime, a beta version of 0.16 
is available at the bottom of the download page 
<http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/downloads.php>.  The beta version should 
be stable - it's actually more release candidate quality than beta.  A 
lot has changed since 0.15 (change log here 
<http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/roadnav/roadnav/trunk/ChangeLog>), 
but one of the most evident changes is a long overdue improvement in map 
drawing performance.  Other changes include a GPS autodetection feature, 
UI improvements, experimental OpenStreetMap support, having the map zoom 
level controlled by what type of road you're on, and a new suggestion 
feature if an invalid address is entered.  I encourage everyone to give 
0.16 beta a try and to send me an email if you notice any problems with 
it, so they can be resolved prior to the 0.16 final release in the 
beginning of November.

Thanks,

Rich

Re: [Roadnav-users] Different Railroad Symbols

[Richard L. L. <rl...@us...>]

Frank Peters wrote:
> My only worry is that because the rail lines are now so obvious
> (even without a color change) other users may complain about the
> clutter.  For some reason, most people just don't like the
> intrusion of the railroads.  As the old saying goes: you can't
> please all the people all of the time.

Yeah, I've run into that sort of problem before - everyone has a 
slightly different idea how the UI stuff should work.  However, in this 
case, I don't think it'll be a big issue since railroads are only 
visible when you're zoomed pretty far in, and even then, if someone 
doesn't like it, they can hide the railroads through preferences.

If anyone is really bothered by it, let me know.  I can also make the 
line style adjustable through preferences very easily.

Rich

Re: [Roadnav-users] Different Railroad Symbols

[Frank P. <fra...@co...>]

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:38:02 -0400
"Richard L. Lynch" <rl...@us...> wrote:

> Cool application of Roadnav.  I've updated Roadnav so it draws railroads 
> in the more traditional fashion (+ like symbols).  You can download an 
> updated copy from http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/prerel/ .
> 

It works amazingly well.  Thank you very much for your interest
and assistance in this matter.

My only worry is that because the rail lines are now so obvious
(even without a color change) other users may complain about the
clutter.  For some reason, most people just don't like the
intrusion of the railroads.  As the old saying goes: you can't
please all the people all of the time.

I participate in the Internet newsgroup alt.binaries.pictures.rail.
For the benefit of all the hundreds of rail fans on this group,
I'll post a description of Roadnav along with some example images.
No doubt many others will also find Roadnav extremely useful.

Regards,

Frank Peters

Re: [Roadnav-users] Different Railroad Symbols

[Richard L. L. <rl...@us...>]

Cool application of Roadnav.  I've updated Roadnav so it draws railroads 
in the more traditional fashion (+ like symbols).  You can download an 
updated copy from http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/prerel/ .

For your application, you may also want to go into preferences and 
change the color of railroad tracks to something that stands out more 
(tools -> preferences -> themes -> edit -> select Railroad -> click 
color swatch).  The default color scheme tries to make the railroad 
tracks unobtrusive since they're normally not that important.

Rich

Frank Peters wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a railroad photographer and my primary interest
> in the Roadnav software is to discover potential access
> points to the railroad lines.  The TigerLine data seems
> to contain very accurate descriptions of track placement,
> but the display of this rail data is often confused due
> to the choice of display symbol.  The simple dotted lines
> used to indicate railroad tracks very often get tangled
> with the similar lines that connect street names with
> the corresponding streets.  The result is that it becomes
> quite difficult to discern just what is a railroad track
> and what is not.
>
> My system is a home-brew Linux set up.
>
> Would it be possible to use a different symbol to indicate
> railroad lines, one that would not conflict so strongly
> with other symbols?
>
> Anyway, Roadnav is great software and despite this shortcoming
> I find it very useful.
>
> Frank Peters
> Detroit, Michigan
>
>
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[Roadnav-users] Different Railroad Symbols

[Frank P. <fra...@co...>]

Hello,

I am a railroad photographer and my primary interest
in the Roadnav software is to discover potential access
points to the railroad lines.  The TigerLine data seems
to contain very accurate descriptions of track placement,
but the display of this rail data is often confused due
to the choice of display symbol.  The simple dotted lines
used to indicate railroad tracks very often get tangled
with the similar lines that connect street names with
the corresponding streets.  The result is that it becomes
quite difficult to discern just what is a railroad track
and what is not.

My system is a home-brew Linux set up.

Would it be possible to use a different symbol to indicate
railroad lines, one that would not conflict so strongly
with other symbols?

Anyway, Roadnav is great software and despite this shortcoming
I find it very useful.

Frank Peters
Detroit, Michigan

Re: [Roadnav-users] Festival Interface

[Richard L. L. <rl...@us...>]

Kevin,

Roadnav should start outputing voice commands to Festival once you have 
a GPS lock and you get directions to some place.  If it's not working, 
could you try firing up festival in interactive mode then entering the 
following:

$ festival
festival> (SayText "hello world")

That should cause Festival to speak "hello world".  If that doesn't work 
then something is probably wrong with Festival.  If it does work, then 
the problem is on Roadnav's side.

Rich

Foss Kevin S Maj (CAN-CPP) SMC/GPU wrote:
> Hi,
>     I currently have RoadNav 0.14 installed and also have the newest 
> version of Festival installed.  I've been through the preferences and 
> online pages and cannot see how to get RoadNav to output voice 
> commands to Festival.  Is there a how-to somewhere or a preference 
> option that I am somehow missing?
>  
> Kevin
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[Roadnav-users] Festival Interface

[Foss K. S M. \(CAN-CPP\) SMC/G. <Kev...@lo...>]

Hi,
    I currently have RoadNav 0.14 installed and also have the newest
version of Festival installed.  I've been through the preferences and
online pages and cannot see how to get RoadNav to output voice commands
to Festival.  Is there a how-to somewhere or a preference option that I
am somehow missing?
=20
Kevin