From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I97KC-0006J7-00 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:39:52 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6CMdqLd016366 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:39:52 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l6CMdqd9016365 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:39:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:39:52 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Care For A Little Moonshine? Message-ID: <20070712223952.GD10128@rednote.net> References: <20070712035710.GL6226@rednote.net> <000e01c7c4d0$73e5a520$0302a8c0@forestfern> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000e01c7c4d0$73e5a520$0302a8c0@forestfern> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) 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: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:39:53 -0000 Thanks for this catch. I've modified the HOWTO to include this info. Janina Georgina Joyce writes: > Hi > > I downloaded the boot.iso and couldn't get it to talk. Having got Mike to see what's going on, the problem was quickly identified. After down arrow and tab, you need to press the spacebar, as the predefined command line is right up to the cursor so when you type speakup_synth the loader is being given textspeakup_synth. Strangely enough, it still boots but without speech. > > So just add a space after the tab and your speakup command and it'll come up talking! > > > Gena