From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16KTnO-0001pS-00 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 19:25:46 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fBU0PLp02039 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:25:21 -0600 Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 18:25:20 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 Message-ID: <20011229182520.A2035@uic.edu> References: <000101c190b9$bb49a5c0$d5fafea9@reinhard3> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from keith@garnet.exorzero.com on Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:44:16PM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 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: If you get the iso, you don't need the 2 floppy images as they are on the cd itself. Greg On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 03:44:16PM -0500, Keith Creasy wrote: > I found slackware 8.0 and the talking installation disk images by going to > www.slackware.com/getslack and choosing one of the FTP mirrors. I think it > was sunsite. > > there was a text file in the slackware 8.0 directory that described how to > download and install slackware 8.0 with speakup. Basically I downloaded > the slackware 8.0 ISO, the slackware.i boot image, and the color.gz root > diske image. > > One thing I overlooked the first time I tried it was that you have to > enter a command to get speakup to find your synthesizer awhen you boot > with the diskette. When the diskette stops I had to enter "ramdisk > speakup_synth=dtlk". this enabled it to talk through my doubletalk card. > The rest of the installation was pretty much the normal series of steps. > > Good luck! > > Keith > > > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > > > Slackware 8 does come with talking boot disks and kernel. > > > > The only thing I found on the speakup web site was slackware 7.1 with > > speaking boot disks. Am I missing something? > > > > Thank you so much for your help it means a lot to me. Here are some more > > newbee questions. Could someone please explain how the man page works? (by > > taking a man page and saying what all of the [] {} and <> mean in context? > > > > How dows one read one screen at a time instead of one line at a time? > > > > Is there a way to copy that page and save it and then braille out than man > > page? > > > > Is there any way to have a braille device working with speakup? > > > > Where can I find more docs on the proper feeding and care of my new os? > > > > What about speakup (see last quesion). > > > > How hard is it to find documentation on programming un unix/linux? > > Is it quite differant from programming under dos? > > > > Final quesion, what are some do and don'ts when comming to: > > > > 1) installing and setting up the os > > 2) running the os > > 3) upgrading > > 4) speakups limitations when comming to the operating this os? > > > > Thank you once again for your willingness to help me out. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup