From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta11.charter.net (mta11.charter.net [216.33.127.80]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF0710BC0 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imp09 ([10.20.200.9]) by mta11.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090429142552.PZMB22327.mta11.charter.net@imp09> for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:52 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by imp09 with smtp.charter.net id lSRs1b00852EYB405SRsjG; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:52 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n3TEPnE2000473 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:49 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id n3TEPnMV000472 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:49 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:25:49 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Trying to get a Dell Enspiron Laptop to Talk Message-ID: <20090429142549.GA462@gmx.net> References: <200904282052.n3SKqTac093300@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200904282052.n3SKqTac093300@dc.cis.okstate.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.94.2, clamav-milter version 0.94.2 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:25:55 -0000 For that machine I would probably run GRML since it's text-based. My old latitude cpt (600mhz proc/324mb ram) runs it, so your machine should definitely do it. On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 03:52:29PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > I am going to download the talking CD images mentioned > earlier this year on this list and have another go at a laptop I > have that is really touchy about getting a talking Linux > installation. > > This was my wife's laptop until she got a Mac a couple > of years ago and it did run Windows XP as well as any system > runs Windows. It has 256 megs of RAM and a 1-gig processor so it > is no slouch but it is about 6 years old now. > > As luck would have it, the last edition of oralux which > was out of date 2 years ago came up crowing and what passed for > the HD installation process did install oralux with speakup > although most of the bit about enabling speech turned out to be > incomplete and one needed to kind of kick things along a bit to > get it all to work but I did succeed. > > It is, however, not up gradable and many things dealing > with peripherals just don't quite work right no matter what one > does. > > I did try the ubuntu live CD with orca and it did find > the sound card because you can hear the bongo drums but the 256 > megs of RAM are not sufficient to make it all go when booting > from the live CD so I am hoping that a thinner live CD will be > the answer. > > In my job, I sometimes need to connect a RS-232 port to > a device that is either partly dead or off-line due to network > issues. A RS-232 dongle connected to the oralux laptop caused > that spelling contingency bug to rear its ugly head although one > could sure receive the data but it is only slightly more fun > than water boarding. A PCMCIA serial port didn't seem to be > recognized by kermit so I am hoping that at least some of these > problems will go away if the new ISO will work. > > Do any of these issues sound familiar to others on the > list? > > Stay tuned for more thrills and spills. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Linux is obsolete -- Andrew Tanenbaum