[announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[Shane Wegner]

Hi,

I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.

The iso and md5 checksum is available here
http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/

A few things of note if you are interested in testing this. 
First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
similar to the following at the boot prompt
speakup speakup_synth=txprt

Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.

One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
installed on the target system in the base system
installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
system out of the box.

I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
which I haven't tested it such as laptops.

Shane

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[Alex Snow]

cool. I'll have to download this.
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 08:50:45PM 
-0800, Shane Wegner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
> is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
> successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.
> 
> The iso and md5 checksum is available here
> http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/
> 
> A few things of note if you are interested in testing this. 
> First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
> CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
> similar to the following at the boot prompt
> speakup speakup_synth=txprt
> 
> Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
> your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
> speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
> case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.
> 
> One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
> installed on the target system in the base system
> installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
> installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
> and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
> prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
> this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
> speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
> Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
> the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
> its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
> system out of the box.
> 
> I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
> integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
> which I haven't tested it such as laptops.
> 
> Shane
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
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back.

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[Sean McMahon]

Thanks so much for doing this what exactly is a sarge netinst iso?  When you
say testing, do you mean the debian version is testing or this is a test
iso?
Sean
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783@cm.nu>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 9:50 PM
Subject: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso


> Hi,
>
> I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
> is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
> successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.
>
> The iso and md5 checksum is available here
> http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/
>
> A few things of note if you are interested in testing this.
> First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
> CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
> similar to the following at the boot prompt
> speakup speakup_synth=txprt
>
> Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
> your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
> speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
> case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.
>
> One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
> installed on the target system in the base system
> installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
> installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
> and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
> prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
> this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
> speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
> Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
> the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
> its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
> system out of the box.
>
> I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
> integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
> which I haven't tested it such as laptops.
>
> Shane
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[Shane Wegner]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 10:05:38AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote:
> Thanks so much for doing this what exactly is a sarge netinst iso?  When you
> say testing, do you mean the debian version is testing or this is a test
> iso?

Well, both are accurate but by testing I mean the Debian
release distribution is testing.  Sarge is the CodeName for
the upcoming Debian release and is currently considered
testing.

Best,
Shane

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[Ryan Mann]

Hi.  I just tried to boot the Debian iso with Speakup and I didn't get any
speach.  Since I have a Doubletalk, I typed "speakup speakup_synth=dtlk"
at the boot prompt.



On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Shane Wegner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
> is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
> successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.
>
> The iso and md5 checksum is available here
> http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/
>
> A few things of note if you are interested in testing this.
> First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
> CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
> similar to the following at the boot prompt
> speakup speakup_synth=txprt
>
> Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
> your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
> speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
> case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.
>
> One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
> installed on the target system in the base system
> installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
> installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
> and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
> prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
> this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
> speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
> Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
> the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
> its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
> system out of the box.
>
> I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
> integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
> which I haven't tested it such as laptops.
>
> Shane
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[Sean Murphy]

Hi Shane.

I have installed your ISO on a laptop under VMWare and it worked.  Since I
am very new to Speakup, there was a lot of commands that I didn't know at
the time.  Now I have done some homework and are starting to learn the
commands.


Sean
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783@cm.nu>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:50 PM
Subject: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso


> Hi,
>
> I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
> is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
> successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.
>
> The iso and md5 checksum is available here
> http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/
>
> A few things of note if you are interested in testing this.
> First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
> CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
> similar to the following at the boot prompt
> speakup speakup_synth=txprt
>
> Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
> your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
> speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
> case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.
>
> One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
> installed on the target system in the base system
> installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
> installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
> and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
> prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
> this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
> speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
> Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
> the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
> its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
> system out of the box.
>
> I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
> integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
> which I haven't tested it such as laptops.
>
> Shane
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
>

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[hank]

how did you get the screen to work with vmware?
just curious.
I had trouble getting the full screen to show up so I could install the
thing
thanks
hank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Murphy" <smmail@tpg.com.au>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:02 AM
Subject: Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso


> Hi Shane.
>
> I have installed your ISO on a laptop under VMWare and it worked.  Since I
> am very new to Speakup, there was a lot of commands that I didn't know at
> the time.  Now I have done some homework and are starting to learn the
> commands.
>
>
> Sean
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783@cm.nu>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:50 PM
> Subject: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
> > is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
> > successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.
> >
> > The iso and md5 checksum is available here
> > http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/
> >
> > A few things of note if you are interested in testing this.
> > First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
> > CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
> > similar to the following at the boot prompt
> > speakup speakup_synth=txprt
> >
> > Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
> > your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
> > speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
> > case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.
> >
> > One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
> > installed on the target system in the base system
> > installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
> > installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
> > and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
> > prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
> > this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
> > speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
> > Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
> > the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
> > its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
> > system out of the box.
> >
> > I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
> > integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
> > which I haven't tested it such as laptops.
> >
> > Shane
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

sarg question

[kaare]

having had a quick glance at the main menu for install, how do you select
and prepair sarg to work with new partitians? nice distro by the way like
the speakup enabling.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Murphy" <smmail@tpg.com.au>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso


> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

VMwar with Debian and Speakup.

[Sean Murphy]

Hi Henk.

My host machine was Windows XP and I installed Linux within the Virtual ara.
The control + g moves you into the Virtual Machine.  You have to make sure
that you have activated the serial port for your synth.  Once the VM has
taken control on the keyboard, the environment is like a linux console.

I hope this helps.

Sean----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hank" <hank@hanksmith.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso


> how did you get the screen to work with vmware?
> just curious.
> I had trouble getting the full screen to show up so I could install the
> thing
> thanks
> hank
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Murphy" <smmail@tpg.com.au>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso
>
>
> > Hi Shane.
> >
> > I have installed your ISO on a laptop under VMWare and it worked.  Since
I
> > am very new to Speakup, there was a lot of commands that I didn't know
at
> > the time.  Now I have done some homework and are starting to learn the
> > commands.
> >
> >
> > Sean
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783@cm.nu>
> > To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:50 PM
> > Subject: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which
> > > is Speakup enabled.  I have tested it myself and
> > > successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method.
> > >
> > > The iso and md5 checksum is available here
> > > http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/
> > >
> > > A few things of note if you are interested in testing this.
> > > First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install
> > > CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something
> > > similar to the following at the boot prompt
> > > speakup speakup_synth=txprt
> > >
> > > Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of
> > > your synth.  Users with an Accent SA need not use a
> > > speakup_synth parameter as it is the default.  In this
> > > case, simply typing speakup is sufficient.
> > >
> > > One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel
> > > installed on the target system in the base system
> > > installation is not SpeakUp enabled.  So, though the
> > > installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted
> > > and Linux boots, there is no sspeech.  Further, d-i doesn't
> > > prompt you to choose a kernel by default.  To get around
> > > this, use the following at the initial boot prompt
> > > speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx
> > > Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for
> > > the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in
> > > its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking
> > > system out of the box.
> > >
> > > I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup
> > > integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on
> > > which I haven't tested it such as laptops.
> > >
> > > Shane
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
>

Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[hank]

can you help me get this installed?
when I hit inter on the keyboard it looks fore hardware
then asks fore hard drive partitioning etc.
I am not quite sure how to get this thing up and running.
thanks
hank
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783@cm.nu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso


> On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:30:30PM -0800, hank wrote:
> > where does the boot up prompt come in at?
> > when ever I boot to the cd it automaticly comes up with keyboard
selection.
> > I don't even get a boot up prompt
> > I am running or trying to run this distro on a  amd 233 megahurts pc
> > 1.34 gig drive
> > 32 megs ram
>
> The boot prompt appears just as you boot the CD with no
> timeout so you'd have to hit enter to get the keyboard
> selection screen.  I've never heard of someone not getting
> that boot prompt.  Very strange.
>
> S
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

[announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso

[hank]

where does the boot up prompt come in at?
when ever I boot to the cd it automaticly comes up with keyboard selection.
I don't even get a boot up prompt
I am running or trying to run this distro on a  amd 233 megahurts pc
1.34 gig drive
32 megs ram
thanks fore any help
hank