From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cantata.rednote.net ([66.92.170.86]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJOTO-0000wJ-00 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:41:43 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id hAB2fdiM020115 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:41:39 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) id hAB2fcdR020113 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:41:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:41:38 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031111024137.GF6622@rednote.net> References: <000701c3a7e5$2d91dff0$0100a8c0@desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000701c3a7e5$2d91dff0$0100a8c0@desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Subject: Re: APOLLO problems X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 02:41:43 -0000 Did you replace your /boot/message as the installation HOWTO recommends? If not, your synth is trying to pronounce the graphical splash screen. Darragh writes: > From: "Darragh" > > Hello, > I've had this synth for little over a year and already its giving me > problems. I have one message to any one thinking of buying an APOLO2, > don't. Its sluggish in windows and difficult to understand in Linux. > > Ok, now that I've complained I'll get to the problem. > When LILO comes up at boot the APOLLO says something like C sadilla > about seven or eight times. If I'm loooky it will then say what I'm > booting into but only if I'm lucky. Today when I eventually got the > fedora installation working I got some speech out of it but now its > died. > > I don't think this is a linux problem. Its more than likely with the > apolo as I'm not getting anything out of it in windows either. > > Has any one come across this? Is it possible to fix my self or do I > have to go begging for another synth. > > Thanks > > Darragh > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina@rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org