From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ccs.covici.com ([67.62.15.196] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GnWXK-0004yl-00 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:35:54 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (IDENT:covici@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.13.7/8.13.7) with ESMTP id kAO8Zoos002726 for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:35:53 -0500 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.13.7/8.13.7/Submit) id kAO8ZoYA002723; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:35:50 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17766.44773.810397.607853@ccs.covici.com> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 03:35:49 -0500 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: live Ubuntu cd with Orca In-Reply-To: <001201c70fa0$adf0ec60$6700a8c0@ERGO11> References: <001f01c70f67$2c88a7f0$7301a8c0@A55> <001201c70fa0$adf0ec60$6700a8c0@ERGO11> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.50.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "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 08:35:54 -0000 But this is inside gnome -- so speakup wouldn't do much good there. on Friday 11/24/2006 Chris Norman(cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk) wrote > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com