From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt15b-248.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.210.248] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 15ijVc-0006ME-00 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 17:31:35 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) id f8GLQum23705 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:26:56 -0500 Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 16:26:51 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Slackware 8.0 partitioning tools. Message-ID: <20010916162651.B23696@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20010916120734.02088ec0@mail.tft-bbs.co.uk> <5.1.0.14.2.20010916183937.02092030@mail.tft-bbs.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010916183937.02092030@mail.tft-bbs.co.uk>; from gordon@tft-bbs.co.uk on Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 06:45:15PM -0100 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: You can locat lots of Linux programs by going to: http://freshmeat.net . Greg On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 06:45:15PM -0100, Gordon Smith wrote: > Hi Frank. I am at a loss then to know how to specify a speech synthesizer > for SuSE to use. When I installed it, it auto-detected my Braille > terminal, but nothing else. I can find only extremely poor documentation > related to SuSE B-Linux, and no mention of speech synthesis anywhere. If > you could give me a clue where to follow this up, I will be happy to do so, > and very grateful. I think I'm going to have to stick with SuSE, as > Slackware will not see my additional hard disks or I/O controller. I also > have no idea where to locate Braille TTY, so I'm sort of stuck. I > appreciate what you say about nobody else around here using SuSE, guess I'm > on my own with that, . Thanks anyway. > > At 08:28 16/09/01 -0400, Frank Carmickle said: > > >Your supposed to be able to specify the synth that you have with the > >braille program the comes with suse. Like I said before we wouldn't know how > >to do that around here most likely. > > > >If you are sticking with suse for the braille terminal program know that > >braille tty is supposed to be a better program then that which ships with > >suse. > > > >On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Gordon Smith wrote: > > > > > At 12:21 16/09/01 +0100, Saqib Shaikh said: > > > >I could be missing the point here, but if you have a braille display why > > > >don't you use SuSE-BLinux? This would give you braille support and speech > > > >support also. > > > > > > > > > It doesn't give me speech, as my speech synthesizer is not part of my > > > Braille display. If it were, then I'd have no problem. As I say, if I > > > could get a kernel compiled for SuSE, including Speakup, then problem > > > solved. But Braille alone is just too slow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, Gordon Smith. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > "mailto:Gordon Smith > > "mailto:Gordon Smith <07932634539@one2one.net" > > > http://www.tft-bbs.co.uk> > > > ftp://ftp.tft-bbs.co.uk > > > ftp://ftp.tft-bbs.com > > > ftp://ftp.tft-bbs.org.uk > > > > > > ICQ: 23973878 > > > MSN Messenger: gordon@tft-bbs.co.uk > > > > > > Tel.: +44 7932 634 539 > > > Fax.: +44 1642 357 754 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > >-- > > Frank Carmickle > >phone: 412 761-9568 > >email: frankiec@dryrose.com > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Kind regards, Gordon Smith. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > "mailto:Gordon Smith "mailto:Gordon Smith <07932634539@one2one.net" > http://www.tft-bbs.co.uk> > ftp://ftp.tft-bbs.co.uk > ftp://ftp.tft-bbs.com > ftp://ftp.tft-bbs.org.uk > > ICQ: 23973878 > MSN Messenger: gordon@tft-bbs.co.uk > > Tel.: +44 7932 634 539 > Fax.: +44 1642 357 754 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup