From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1JWtQZ-0003BI-00 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:12:59 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id k3so3132185ugf.38 for ; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:12:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.183.8 with SMTP id g8mr6434810huf.39.1204722777355; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:12:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from robbie ( [72.84.35.243]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i6sm1516922gve.5.2008.03.05.05.12.55 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:12:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <000401c87ec2$96184fb0$0202a8c0@robbie> From: "Nick Stockton" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: Enjoying Slackware 12 in VmWare Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:12:35 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:12:59 -0000 How are you able to emulate a serial port and pass the synth commands through to the dectalk USB? It sounds really cool I didn't know vmware could do that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 2:02 AM Subject: Enjoying Slackware 12 in VmWare > Hiya, > This is just a quick note to say I've been enjoying the way Slackware > 12, Speakup, and VmWare coexist together on this predominantly Windows > system. I very much prefer my DecTalk USB to anything software speech can > currently provide, and thanks to VmWare's serial port emulation I'm able > to > enjoy it. Qemu worked almost as well, the only downside being the fact > the > alternate keymap for laptops didn't function. I finally got irritated > enough at it that I switched to VmWare server, which so far has met my > needs > very nicely. > Slackware certainly isn't a distro for everyone, but I enjoy it. Feels > very hands-on and traditional, which suits me just fine. I hope they > continue to provide Speakup in later versions. > My only regret is that I can't do this natively. I haven't got > anything > resembling a serial port on this machine, and anyhow Linuxen have been > problematic on here before. It's ironic that Slackware--through > Zipspeak--was my first ever Linux distribution back in the day. It's good > to be back. > Just felt I'd post my two cents. > All the best, > Zack. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup