From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 175Yqp-0001TV-00 for ; Wed, 08 May 2002 17:19:55 -0400 Received: (qmail 10122 invoked by uid 0); 8 May 2002 21:19:27 -0000 Received: from dhcp037-50-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.50.37) by mail.gmx.net (mp013-rz3) with SMTP; 8 May 2002 21:19:27 -0000 Message-ID: <000401c1f6d5$f69dfae0$25329718@ubr.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: introduction Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 08:40:46 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi. You need to have a hardware synth to use speakup. If you want a recomendation for a linux distribution, I would recomend Slackware http://www.slackware.com or Debian http://www.debian.org>. There is a MP3 file on the speakup ftp server which will help you install debian, located at ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/linux/goodies/audio-files/ and the files are named debinstall_1.mp3 and debinstall_2.mp3 I think. Hope this helps, Alex Snow email: alex8887@hotmail.com BBS: Telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cris Ali" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:15 PM Subject: introduction > Hello folks, > My name is Cris Ali from Washington DC. This is my first time on this list. > I heard so much about Linux and speakup and hope to get some help on giving > it a try. I am not a computer savvy, but if I am given clearn instruction I > am sure I would be able to learn at least the basics. I never used neither > linux nor speakup, and have no idea where and how to start without sighted > assistance. I am also not sure if I would need a special hardware > synthesizer, or whether I can use the built in sound card of my pc. I am > hoping to be able to convert my retired 90 mhz pentium 1 into a linux box. > Any ideas would be extremely appreciated. Again, I have no sighted > assistance. > Warm Regards, > cris ali filastin48@hotmail.com. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >