gwTTS for FreeBSD

Version support

gwTTS runs on FreeBSD versions 2.1 and later. In fact, there may be some benefit to using later releases of the sound drivers, however these are not exploited by gwTTS yet.

Download the software

Download everything
Download the student application
Download the teacher application

Additionally Required Software

• nv - Ron Frederick's Network Video Tool
• vat - LBNL Audio Conferencing Tool
• Mosaic - NCSA's World Wide Web Browser (versions 2.6 and above)
• wb - LBNL White Board Tool
• VMix - Vat Audio driver to interface between vat and /dev/audio.

Optional Software

• Alladin's Ghostscript. The whiteboard cannot load PostScript images without this software. The whiteboard still functions without it, however.

Recommended Hardware

• Pentium processor
  • 16 Mb RAM
  • Triton PCI chipset
• Sound card (one of the following)
  • AudioTrix Pro
  • Gravis Ultrasound MAX
  • Gravis Ultrasound PnP
  It may also work with a SoundBlaster or equivalent card, however audio will be very difficult to coordinate.
• Video capture equipment (one of the following)
  • Matrox Meteor frame grabber
    and any video camera (such as a camcorder)
  • Connectix QuickCam
• Video card
  • Matrox Millenium
  • ATI Mach 64-based card
    • Graphics Ultra Pro
    • Winturbo
• Speakers
• Powered microphone
• Network interface card (one of the following)
  • NE2000 compatible card
  • SMC EtherEZ or equivalent card