From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.74]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BCTQm-0006gU-00 for ; Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:06:40 -0400 Received: from sdn-ap-024ilchicp0123.dialsprint.net ([65.176.240.123] helo=noneflzmskjmuf) by falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1BCTQh-0003Sp-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 10 Apr 2004 18:06:36 -0700 Message-ID: <000a01c41f61$3de20d50$7bf0b041@noneflzmskjmuf> From: "Tom and Esther Ward" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <4076E759.3040602@freedombox.cc><20040409205017.GA6438@rednote.net><40773310.7080808@freedombox.cc><001e01c41ef8$6ca4aa30$6401a8c0@handsontech> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:06:34 -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 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: FreedomBox ot? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 01:06:41 -0000 Hi, Cheryl. I think your problem is do to not having enough processor power and ram. For example My new Linux box is a 2 GHZ Pentium with 512 of ram and Freedombox is working fantastic on it. I also noticed a dramatic difference with other Gnome applications. So processor speed and ram really count with x based stuff. I believe I saw somewhere on the site you needed at least 400 MHZ to run it, but that might be for the Windows version and not the Linux version. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 4:58 PM Subject: Re: FreedomBox ot? > My main problem is that freedombox is as slow as molasses for me; I mean > several minutes between speech outputs; really, I could take a nap!!! > Which leaves me not knowing what is happening; am I going to hear > something eventually or have I goofed up or been disconnected. Plus the > speech for me is painfully slow word by word, not very intelligible, and > has some kind of distortion; can't explain it; maybe like some of those > old movie soundtracks or something. My machine is 500 megahertz amdK6 > processor; I've run gnopernicus and gnome on it some. I don't know if the > beta is just like this or if something on my system is really slowing it > down. My audio on computer and via internet is fine so it shouldn't be an > audio/soundcard issue. > Also, I'm wondering if there is someplace to look for info on working > choices, commands, what the choices in the preferences menu do, etc. > finally, I don't think I've been able to talk to freedombox yet, though > text entry does work, albeit very slowly. I may not have my sblive mike > settings right for that or something. > Any input on these issues would be appreciated. > Thanks. > > > > -- > Cheryl > "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >