From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cpe-065-190-203-058.nc.res.rr.com ([65.190.203.58] helo=taylor.homelinux.net ident=Debian-exim) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GmZkD-0000Sb-00 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:49:17 -0500 Received: from lorenzo by taylor.homelinux.net with local (Exim 4.63.20061010) (envelope-from ) id 1GmZkv-0002Za-5t for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:50:01 -0500 From: Lorenzo Taylor To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20061121175001.GB17103@taylor.homelinux.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: lorenzo@taylor.homelinux.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7 (2006-10-05) on taylor.homelinux.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.7 Subject: Re: Questions about orca and speakup X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:42:28 +0200) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on taylor.homelinux.net) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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, 21 Nov 2006 17:49:18 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Having just installed Ubuntu on my laptop and found out that it is definitely worth all the hype around it I would like to answer this one. I personally recommend moving to Ubuntu. It just works(TM) and the Debian package management rocks. As for Speakup, it's already in the Ubuntu Edgy kernel. Just put the module for your synthesizer in /etc/modules and you're good to go. It's a little more involved if you want software speech, but not as hard as in other distros such as pure Debian. The biggest problem you may fase in Ubuntu is if you want Speakup to start right when the system starts booting. Then you will need to rebuild the kernel since Speakup is built as modules. Otherwise, if you like the modular approach, it's extremely easy to get up and running, and putting the speakup modules in your initrd may actually solve the problem of the late start without having to rebuild the kernel. HTH and HAND, Lorenzo - -- I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFYzxJG9IpekrhBfIRAsJdAKCAfXVU9giAljnzh1mMImO7mWcWbgCfapyP +p7Wo9Td/xNr7C1guCZSu+o= =8ke1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----