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 16KqRP-0008EU-00 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:36:35 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fBV0aEH00761 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:36:14 -0600 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:36:14 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 Message-ID: <20011230183614.C742@uic.edu> References: <000101c190b9$bb49a5c0$d5fafea9@reinhard3> <20011229182520.A2035@uic.edu> <007301c190f2$545f4660$d5fafea9@reinhard3> <20011230032845.D2467@uic.edu> <000201c1918a$a84827e0$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: <000201c1918a$a84827e0$d5fafea9@reinhard3>; from raydar@tamu.edu on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 10:31:43AM -0600 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: Yes. Greg On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 10:31:43AM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > this is correct. > > Now the next question is, will this same cd (the cd that the speakup disks > were found on) be used for installing the os? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" > To: > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 3:28 AM > Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 > > > > Assuming your cd-rom drive is d: under windows, you get the speakup boot > disk for ide drives from: > > d:\bootdsks.144\speakup.i > > The same procedure goes for the color.gz root disk which is in: > > d:\rootdsks\color.gz > > . Then you would write the images to the floppies as if you had gotten > them off the speakup sight which is what it looks like you were planning to > do. > > Greg > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:24:05PM -0600, Reinhard Stebner wrote: > > > and How do I get the disk from the cd when the system is not booted > (Linux)? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Gregory Nowak" > > > To: > > > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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