From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms046pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.46]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I1dJN-0002B4-00 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:12:05 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.102] ([151.197.119.170]) by vms046.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JK100427004GVZ1@vms046.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:12:05 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:11:59 -0400 From: Cody Hurst Subject: dectalk or double talk advice To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <1182496319.12506.12.camel@ubuntu1> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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, 22 Jun 2007 07:12:05 -0000 Hi, I am really in a bind here. I don't have a synth and will be needing one for my networking course I'll be taking next year. For this purpose, I'll need an external synth and don't really know anything about each dectalk or double talk. I can easily borrow one, but first I'd like to know which one would be more recommended. First I'll be doing installs of Suse 9.x or maybe 10.x not sure yet, and netware. I am not sure if I need special screen reading software that is always built into a kernel such as speakup for double talk or dectalk to always work. I was just checking mail and saw someone received their double talk in the mail and said they'd try an install of slackware. I have no idea how slackware is with accessibility, but I really need help on a decision before september and what I should look into borrowing. Does this mean that either one of these will work in reading text allowed even if no special software is installed? I couldn't imagine this one but maybe I'm wrong. Which port is more commonly used, serial or USB? I can't use an internal double talk pc since I'll be moving from station to station most likely and will want something portable. I have widdled it down to these two, but please let me know if there are any better alternatives. Basically I want to be able to take it out of the box, plug it in, and be able to boot my pc, and have speech be spoke with as little issues as possible and from what I hear, double talk is probably the way to go on this one. Thanx, Cody