From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([70.84.142.212]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HPjGT-0008AV-00 for ; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:52:25 -0500 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l29HqItA017300 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:52:23 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l29HqIQP017299 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:52:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 12:52:18 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Fedora 6 and Speakup on New Thinkpad Message-ID: <20070309175218.GN4176@rednote.net> References: <45F0393E.2000703@comcast.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45F0393E.2000703@comcast.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.19-1.2911.fc6spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html 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: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:52:25 -0000 Hi, Beth: I don't know about the docking station serial port, but if it registers as /dev/ttyS0, or some such, you should be OK. Of course, you may not know about this until after you've installed Linux on your Thinkpad. I would suggest you can accessibly install FC6 using speech on a second computer, probably your desktop. You need to have both machines connected over tcp/ip networking, and then you can use telnet from the desktop to the Thinkpad to install FC6 on the Thinkpad. Janina PS: Congrats on getting the 60. I'm still using an X31, but I'm a great fan of Thinkpads myself. Beth Hatch writes: > > > Hi everyone, > > I would like to set up a dual boot using Fedora 6 on my brand new > Thinkpad T60P laptop. I already have a Linux desktop computer using the > Speakup modified Fedora 6, Gnome and Orca, etc. Unfortunately, my > Thinkpad doesn't have an onboard serial port built into the system. I > am wondering if Speakup would recognize my Dectalk Express hooked up to > either the docking station, which does have a serial port, or the > serial/parallel port bay adapter that I also purchased for this > computer. The adapter fits into the ultrabay, you remove the DVD drive > and put the adapter into the bay instead. I could probably install > Linux in graphical mode only using Gnome and Orca, but I would like to > have Speakup for use in text mode work and for the flexibility that > having Speakup access would provide for me. Having Speakup available > would of course allow me to install Linux independently, also a very > important factor for me!! I know I can use Speakup with software > synthesizers and speech dispatcher, but I need to get it installed > first.