From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ADE42F9B7 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:23:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f2VFPAT23099 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:25:10 -0500 Received: from granger.mail.mindspring.net (granger.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.148]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f2VFPAV23095 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:25:10 -0500 Received: from [165.247.248.52] (user-2ivfu1k.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.248.52]) by granger.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA31671 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:23:15 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: dyna.sluyter@pop.mindspring.com Message-Id: Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 09:12:39 -0600 To: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Dyna Sluyter Subject: Fwd: speech on tiny laptop? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:18:59 -0600 >To: blinux-list@redhat,com >From: Dyna Sluyter >Subject: speech on tiny laptop? >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > > Hi, I'm new to the list and need some help adapting a >Mitsubishi Amity baby laptop for my blind friend Laurie. This laptop >weights a hair over a kilogram, has a 133 mhz pentium chip, 16 megs >memory, 1 gig hard drive, and sound blaster pro sound "card". It has >a floppy drive but no CD drive. I installed Redhat 5.2 on it in 1998 >using the boot floppy and a Backpack parallel port CD drive and >later upgraded to Redhat 6.0. As my friend has no use for Gnome and >it slows the boot down so much, I have reinstalled Redhat 5.2 with >the "workstation" package of modules. Laurie has a "Type and Speak" >that she can use as an output device, but she'd prefer a software >solution so she doesn't have another device to lug around. Where do >I go from here? Any suggestions? > > thanks in advance, > dyna -- Dyna Sluyter friend of Bill W. and Harry B. USPS TTO, 554 MVS tour 3 operator, 6610142('96 Mack MR tractor, 2.8m wheelbase ) de N0EGF, qrv 70cm, 2m, 10-80m proud IBT and APWU member for over 20 years, solidarity forever! mk.1 Mini Cooper S, mk.2 Golf diezel, Ranger XL 4x4 longbed ("da service truck") R100GS mit seitzwagen, R65LS Teledyne Titan, Santana, Trek 7300 Quickie GP, Fortress AeroEdge running C/PM, DOS, Linux, and Mac OS. Micro who? Amtrak 1007, highball!