From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-gy0-f170.google.com (mail-gy0-f170.google.com [209.85.160.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4138C1A250 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:24:09 -0500 (EST) Received: by ghrr13 with SMTP id r13so827054ghr.29 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:24:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=3MP/mMq7R8fiSaLNAJp0TX4VzxsCrt6Zoqs/29GO/jE=; b=C9yzNyru8fyKy+XLMkxaakhkkkityssWHDk8sDbEaSqNvqTmytx811dTltbOOg/PWR mLfqC+jWl0tKHQ/dDyRzUNHELHmV4hDAtsVMxd5mf3HycOrF5xI0Gi4g3QT7kGXBLDet tG5Myt0iI7MFNNZf3tL7wjBBNV4RsL2SYCLpQ= Received: by 10.236.131.5 with SMTP id l5mr19786088yhi.128.1326864250111; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:24:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (99-95-52-33.lightspeed.dybhfl.sbcglobal.net. [99.95.52.33]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d7sm40815392yhn.16.2012.01.17.21.24.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:24:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:24:08 -0500 From: bigd To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians Message-ID: <20120118052407.GA10609@craptacular.gateway.2wire.net> References: <4F149745.5040301@gmail.com> <20120117031045.GA1963@craptacular.gateway.2wire.net> <4F14EEFC.50009@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F14EEFC.50009@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 18 Jan 2012 05:24:09 -0000 Hi, It should come up talking if you run gentoo speakup.synth=soft But I forget if it's speakup.synth or speakup_synth :( HTH, KJ4UFX {.i doi .tcikoritys. mi cuxna ba'e do} On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 09:46:04PM -0600, jeremy wrote: > Anything specific needed to get speakup running, using software speech? > I'm assuming no boot options exist to have it start speaking once it's > booted. Also, what about anything that may come up before your put into > a prompt, any configuration things worth worrying about like in grml? > Take care. > On 1/16/2012 9:10 PM, bigd wrote: > > Hi, > > If you want a small cd (about 120 or so mb), the Gentoo minimal cd's could work. They have speakup and espeakup now. > > > > HTH, > > KJ4UFX > > {.i doi .tcikoritys. mi cuxna ba'e do} > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 01:31:49PM -0800, Robert cole > > wrote: > >> Hello, everyone. > >> > >> I do a lot of PC repair work for different people (friends, family, > >> etc), and I was wondering if there are any live Linux distributions > >> which are Speakup-enabled that would aid me in this task. The only one > >> that comes to mind right now is ADRIANE Knoppix, but I believe it makes > >> use of Orca. > >> > >> I don't really need a GUI, although it can be helpful at times, but I am > >> just curious to see if there is anyone else on the list who knows of any > >> distros for this sort of task that could be run from a CD or USB key > >> that have Speakup readily available. > >> > >> I am still a bit new to screen reading software, but it is sure making > >> my life much easier. What little vision I have seems to get much more > >> easily strained nowadays. > >> > >> Thanks for any input. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup