speakup install software speech

speakup install software speech

[Jason Custer]

Hello,
I would like to install linux on my laptop. I would like to use speakup and
gnopernicus.
I must use software speech because I don't want to drag a hardware synth
around everywhere.
How can this be accomplished? Do I install via telnet?
is there a boot cdrom with software speech that can get me started?
I was thinking about installing fidora, but it seems extreamly large (2 to 5
gb). Is that the case or is it just me?
I know this is a lot to answer over email, so links to tutorials or
documentation would be just as useful.
This seems like a common problem, and if one doesn't already exist, I will
write a howto when I figure out what I am doing.
Thanks in advance.
Jason

Re: speakup install software speech

[Luke Yelavich]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 09:05:00PM EST, Jason Custer wrote:
> Hello,
> I would like to install linux on my laptop. I would like to use speakup and
> gnopernicus.
> I must use software speech because I don't want to drag a hardware synth
> around everywhere.
> How can this be accomplished? Do I install via telnet?

The best way to get Linux installed on your laptop, is to connect your
hardware synth to your laptop, and install it that way. Then once the
system is installed, go about configuring speakup to use software
speech.

There are several distros on the Speakup site that are speakup modified.
The best thing is to find a HOWTO for the distro of your choice and
follow that.

When you get Linux installed, feel free to post again, and we would be
happy to help you get software speech set up.

Luke

Re: speakup install software speech

[Janina Sajka]

You cannot install using software speech for the installation. If you
want speech during the install, you'll need to use a hardware speech
synthesizer which is supported. Once your system is installed, you can
certainly configure software speech. You can even switch back and forth
between software and hardware speech. You just can't install with
software speech.

Your other question ...

Yes, 3 Gb is a lot of data. There are two philosophies that you can
choose between:

1.)	Install the bare minimum to get a system working. Anything else
that you may want would have to be dealt with later. Distributions of
this persuasion include Debian and Slackware.

2.)	Install everything (or at least everything for a particular kind
of system, e.g. server, graphical workstation, etc.) up front. This is
the Fedora approach.


Jason Custer writes:
> Hello,
> I would like to install linux on my laptop. I would like to use speakup and
> gnopernicus.
> I must use software speech because I don't want to drag a hardware synth
> around everywhere.
> How can this be accomplished? Do I install via telnet?
> is there a boot cdrom with software speech that can get me started?
> I was thinking about installing fidora, but it seems extreamly large (2 to 5
> gb). Is that the case or is it just me?
> I know this is a lot to answer over email, so links to tutorials or
> documentation would be just as useful.
> This seems like a common problem, and if one doesn't already exist, I will
> write a howto when I figure out what I am doing.
> Thanks in advance.
> Jason
> 
> 
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