From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pimout5-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.63.98] helo=pimout5-int.prodigy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 16w2U1-00065p-00 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:57:01 -0400 Received: from hppav (adsl-64-164-174-165.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.164.174.165]) by pimout5-int.prodigy.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g3CEuxL124118 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:56:59 -0400 Message-ID: <200204120756260240.000CFF2F@smtp.sbcglobal.net> In-Reply-To: <005401c1e22a$d96a2300$abc5fea9@t1y6n8> References: <200204120041480500.02075A22@smtp.sbcglobal.net> <005401c1e22a$d96a2300$abc5fea9@t1y6n8> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (3) Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 07:56:26 -0700 From: "Justin Ekis" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Setting up zipspeak Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Hi. Thanks for the advice. I'm using windows ME so can't boot directly to dos in that version so I= have to use a windows startup disk. I found the config.sys that windows put on the startup disk and added= device=3Dc:\windows\himem.sys to the area labeled common. This did help= somewhat. Now when I start linux the braille lite speaks. But only for a few seconds.= It says a few words, but they don't seem to make up any kind of logical= sentence, like there's words missing in the middle. But it said something= about braille, speakup and the kernal. Then the braille lite stopped speaking and froze up. I know it was the= braille lite and not the computer or linux because it wouldn't even= respond to the command to take it out of speach box mode. Well, it seems my guess was right. The newer note takers in the series= won't work with it. Oh well. I guess I'll have to wait for software speach support. Thanks again. Justin *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/12/2002 at 10:03 AM Pete wrote: >Hi > I have windows 98 s e and I go to shutdown and restart in m s dos mode. >I think loadlin needs himem.sys to work but am not sure so I placed a >device=3Dc:\windows\himem.sys >line in the config.sys file. The config.sys file I have is empty except >for >the line loading himem.sys... To boot zipspeak or the umsdos slackware >linux I used a l.bat file some thing like this: >@echo off >c:\loadlin\loadlin.exe c:\linux\(kernel name) /dev/hda1= speakup_synth=3D(your >keyword for your synthasiser) > You will need loadlin.exe the linux loader. I unzipped the loadlin >program files to c:\loadlin, you don't need to do this except there is >documentation explaining how to use loadlin. /dev/hda1 is the first >partission on the first drive (C:>) if this is whear your zipspeak >distribution is it should be fine. There are other parameters you may= need >to specifie in the batch file I don't know about. > Pete > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Justin Ekis" >To: >Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 3:41 AM >Subject: Setting up zipspeak > > >Hello again all, > >I'm back and giving linux another try. >I tried several weeks ago but had problems. I've been busy and am now >getting back to it. >Ok, I've managed to get a little farther than the last time I posted. I >have >created a windows me boot disk and tried to start linux from there. I had >sighted help and when i changed to the c: drive and ran linux.bat they= said >they saw some kind of error message but it went by too fast to read. There >was lots of text. My synth didn't say a word though. The problem is I= don't >know if I set something up wrong or if it's my ssynth. >The documentation says I can use the braille 'n speak or any of that line >of >blazie note takers for speach I believe, but I use the new braille lite= m20 >and I think I read somewhere that the braille lite m20 and m40 use >different >speach technology than the earlier products so I don't know if it's >compatible with speakup at all. Would it be possible to use software >speach? >I also could be setting it up wrong though. Am I supposed to put any other >files on the startup disk other than what windows puts on there? > >Thanks much in advance for any help. I've had the extreme misfortune of >running microsoft crashware, er, I mean windows, for more than 5 years and >so now seem to lose all computer knoledge once I'm outside of it. Lol. > >Thanks again. >Justin > > >_______________________________________________ >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