From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from joana.gotss.net ([203.53.231.66] ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16hN2T-0002zA-00 for ; Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:51:58 -0500 Received: from kerry by joana.gotss.net with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16hN2S-00032I-00 for ; Sun, 03 Mar 2002 11:51:56 +0800 Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 11:51:56 +0800 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup installation on lap top. Message-ID: <20020303115156.A11653@joana.gotss.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from toby_fisher@bigfoot.com on Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 11:56:15PM +0000 From: Kerry Hoath Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: I'd dual boot the laptop between Windows and Linux if the drive is big enough LInux can run on as little as 300 megs of diskspace. Access to word documents, powerpoint slides etc is sometimes faster to do under Windows which is why I have 1 windows box here. Regards, Kerry. On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 11:56:15PM +0000, Toby Fisher wrote: > Hi all. > > Having got a fairly stable desk top system now, I'm thinking of flattening > my lap top hard drive and putting Linux on it. I propose to make my own > kernel, since the bareapm.I that comes with Slackware has no speakup > support. This is no problem, as I can also use one of the root disks. I > do, however, have a couple of questions. > > 1. Has anyone encountered any problems/pitfalls of which I should be > aware, either > speakup-related, or generally, with installation to a lap top? > > 2. Quite often, I use my lap top to present some documents with graphics > in them to sighted people. I know that I can retrieve the text from such > documents with the strings command, but is there anyway I can retain the > formatting and graphics in their place? Obviously an accessible method > would be preferable, though it is not absolutely essential. > > Any thoughts on this subject gratefully appreciated. > > Cheers. > > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby@g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or kerry@gotss.spice.net.au