From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from s4.cableone.net ([24.116.0.230]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I3IQF-0007Su-00 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:18:03 -0400 Received: from AveratecLaptop (unverified [69.92.97.192]) by S4.cableone.net (CableOne SMTP Service S4) with ESMTP id 113120725 for ; Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:17:29 -0700 Message-ID: <000b01c7b837$66f590f0$b100a8c0@AveratecLaptop> From: "Glenn Ervin" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: OT Ubuntu question Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:17:25 -0500 Organization: Home 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 6.00.2900.3138 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-IP-stats: Incoming Last 0, First 0, in=2, out=0, spam=0 X-External-IP: 69.92.97.192 X-Abuse-Info: Send abuse complaints to abuse@cableone.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin , "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: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:18:04 -0000 I have tried to get Ubuntu working, as I downloaded the latest version for a duel-core processor, which I have on my laptop. It does come up with the Ubuntu music, so I know the sound works. I have tried F5 and down arrowing 4 times for speech, and that never works. Note, I did the F5 and down arrowing at the first pause of the spin-up from the CD. The Ubuntu music starts a while later. Since the speech never comes up, I do: control + alt + F1, and type in: orca and it sounds like eSpeak giving me a bunch of options, like language, what I want to have echoed, Braille display or not, and so on. But here's the big problem. It says I need to log out and back on again for it to continue. Why doesn't it just come up talking? Also, is there a better voice than eSpeak? gErvin@cableone.net,