From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.213]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G2v5A-00031D-00 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:18:12 -0400 Received: from mxip22a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip22a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.152]) by mxsf13.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6IJHeKK023251 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:17:41 -0400 Received: from 24-151-119-063.dhcp.nwtn.ct.charter.com (HELO h14me.homelinux.net) ([24.151.119.63]) by mxip22a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 18 Jul 2006 15:17:32 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6IJHVXN032009 for ; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:17:31 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id k6IJHVTJ032008 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:17:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:17:31 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: laptops with serial ports Message-ID: <20060718191731.GA32000@gmx.net> References: <87wtabxx0w.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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, 18 Jul 2006 19:18:12 -0000 I've had nothing but trouble with grml...booted it up with software speech on my old dell laptop and another slightly newer inspiron and the sound drivers were pretty much broken (speech worked, but every few words I'd hear a loud crackling noise). Also tried booting it on a compaq proliant and got a kernel panic saying htere was no root device. Booting it up on my athlon box gave no speech at all even though both the onboard sound and second pci soundcard are supported by linux. On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 06:50:14PM +0100, Michael Whapples wrote: > The messages I read on this list before about GRML seemed to say that GRML > contains software speech, so the actual installation is spoken using > software speech (if you are installing a distro with it). Admittedly if you > want something that automatically provides software speech without needing > to issue any bash commands, then oralux is the one, as GRML you need to > start speechd-up as I remember. Suppose if you felt like it, you could > modify GRML to contain a script to start speechd-up though. > > From > Michael Whapples > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dart Vader" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 7:11 AM > Subject: Re: laptops with serial ports > > > > > > Hi. > > > > Michael Whapples writes: > > > > > GRML can be found at www.grml.org > > > > Shame on me. I should guess it or at least try. > > Thanx a lot, Michael. > > > > > Another project that is a bootable CD version of linux with software > > > speech output is oralux at www.oralux.org but I think their aims are > > > slightly different, to simplify linux for the newby. > > > > My first steps were with this distro. Although it offers to do > > knoppix-like installation, I slightly modified an installation script > > and did debian-like installation. But this installation is not very true > > installation, it better looks like simple copying of working system. But > > I believe, it is the only way to do the linux installation using > > software speech. > > > > > > Thanks for your attention. > > WBR, Roman > > out > > --- > > > > Two of the most famous products of Berkeley are LSD and Unix. I don't > > think > > that this is coincidence. > > > > --- > > > > > > > From Michael Whapples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dart Vader" > > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for > > > Linux." Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 6:45 AM > > > Subject: Re: laptops with serial ports > > > > > >>> Hi, Michael. > >>> > >>> Could you, please, tell the url, where I can read (download image) > >>> about GRML or similar things. > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Sic transit discus mundi -- From the System Administrator's Guide, by Lars Wirzenius