From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-out3.iol.cz ([194.228.2.91]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FARYY-0008Rr-00 for ; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:51:22 -0500 Received: from antivir3.iol.cz (avir3 [192.168.30.206]) by smtp-out3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74438E818D; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:50:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (antivir3.iol.cz [127.0.0.1]) by antivir3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E0C420015; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:50:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-out3.iol.cz (unknown [192.168.30.28]) by antivir3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55994420014; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:50:51 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.36] (unknown [80.188.214.108]) by smtp-out3.iol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7CE63BE56; Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:50:48 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: Heidelberg Installation Questions From: Hynek Hanke To: gmh_speakup@hartzell.us, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <50925.71.240.89.139.1140233048.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> References: <50925.71.240.89.139.1140233048.squirrel@webmail3.pair.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:55:40 +0100 Message-Id: <1140267340.5456.24.camel@chopin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at iol.cz Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 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: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:51:22 -0000 Gary p=ED=B9e v P=E1 17. 02. 2006 v 22:24 -0500: > So, I ordered the four installation cd's and am ready to begin. Except= it > seems like there is nowhere where all the instructions are put in the > proper order. =20 See documentation for SpeechD-Up. It covers the part of installation of Speech Dispatcher, SpeechD-Up and Festival. Of course it only gives the way, not the details which can be found in the appropriate manuals for each of the tools. > The installation instructions implied that I would be installing it mys= elf > using a hardware synth, but I prefer to use a software synth and will h= ave sighted > assistance. It is possible to install Debian relying on a software synthesizer, starting from a live CD (such as http://www.freebsoft.org/freebsoft-cdrom ). I don't know about Fedora. > Also, I thought I read that SpeakUp and a software synth could be start= ed > automatically, except after login (which is fine). Is this true? They can be started well before login, as soon as user-space applications can be started during the boot-up process. I have it running this way on my machine. Have a nice day, Hynek