From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailstore.rnibncw.ac.uk ([212.219.113.195]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GnWDf-0004dg-00 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:15:35 -0500 Received: from ERGO11 ([192.168.0.103]) by mailstore.rnibncw.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:15:00 +0000 Message-ID: <001201c70fa0$adf0ec60$6700a8c0@ERGO11> From: "Chris Norman" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001f01c70f67$2c88a7f0$7301a8c0@A55> Subject: Re: live Ubuntu cd with Orca Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:15:18 -0000 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 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Nov 2006 08:15:00.0559 (UTC) FILETIME=[A2E725F0:01C70FA0] 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: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:15:36 -0000 From: "Scott Ford" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: RE: live Ubuntu cd with Orca > Chris, > When the cd stops its initial spin, press f5, then pres 3, then > press enter. This will start the screen reader right after ubuntu starts > up. There is a great help site that outlines this much better then I am > doing. Now that it is installed on my hard drive the screenreader starts > automaticly. My login is not voiced. However the ubuntu startup sound > clues me into when to enter my username and password. I will look for > that > site and post it later if I find it. Now I have a question. How do I > initialize speakup in ubuntu when I am in a terminal session? I would > like > to use the festival software synth that should already be active, I think? Do you have speech-dispatcher and speechd-up? Wouldn't you just: modprobe speakup_sftsyn; speech-dispatcher -d; speechd-up -d ? HTH.