From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from idea1.anoeticconcepts.com ([64.191.54.245]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DDk5l-0002l1-00 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:10:45 -0500 Received: from 70-59-15-202.dnvr.qwest.net ([70.59.15.202] helo=Saidar) by idea1.anoeticconcepts.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1DDk5j-0005TF-3T for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:10:43 -0500 Message-ID: <002a01c52ee8$ef37f780$0d00a8c0@Saidar> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000601c52e97$ffed5350$0d00a8c0@Saidar> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:10:36 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - idea1.anoeticconcepts.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - asmodean.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: usb ports only on laptop X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:10:45 -0000 That is what I was afraid of. I can probably install Linux just fine with minimal sighted assistance since I know the prompts for FC3 and for Slackware 10.1 very well. I will probably go ahead with FC3 since that is my latest distro to learn adding to Slack and Debian knowledge. What I wonder then, is if once the laptop is booted and running, if I could run speakup modules for speak-out after the USB to serial is connected. I know software speech is nice but I still love my good old trusty hardware synthesizer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 10:06 PM Subject: Re: usb ports only on laptop > Hi, > You can't use a USB to serial converter to use a serial synthesizer with > Speakup. It has something to do with the hardware. I don't really > understand the exact problem myself, you'd have to ask Kurk. All I know > is that it doesn't work. If you are running Linux on a laptop with no > serial ports, the only option you have is software speech. > > Equal causes can produce very unequal effects. > Joseph C. Lininger > jbahm@pcdesk.net > Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 > > And so it came to pass that on Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Raul A. Gallegos said > >> Hi. I have a laptop which has zero serial ports. If I purchase a USB > to >> serial converter and connect a speak-out to it will this be active >> immediately so that I can use the speak-up to install Linux with > speech? Or >> does the USB to serial get configured after boot up meaning I would > not have >> access to the serial port right away? >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >