From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 62FF81C0B2C; Thu, 14 May 2020 16:41:03 -0400 (EDT) Authentication-Results: befuddled.reisers.ca; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gregn.net header.i=@gregn.net header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=Fqfkwg+P; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from vserver.gregn.net (vserver.gregn.net [174.136.110.154]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E5261C0AFE for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 16:41:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vbox.gregn.net (unknown [IPv6:2607:fb90:4e87:236f:a00:27ff:fe01:8e92]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vserver.gregn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AD6ADDB5 for ; Thu, 14 May 2020 13:43:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1589489002; bh=dIbLF5Lq6AwyzyvLlsnuqq3wJtgq0inItPIaFeu7oEc=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Fqfkwg+PktvGAOx6Xh76IFa756XG6PkZTe+hcqfXM1FFrTjJqp8s9ocSbKOKIejtY +0jmrzRsf1X1vRMLi0pUE4Nn/IamHXZqpTViS6ZCLcjDVyZ9skR/aFVeE1DJOnRZ1i d4BFKG5JG/unG9iCFbLuqhx1bEjSKh5gN3/pizBZVjow8Qura0rcXKhguWzo+O0Olb +TAdzkVGnAJGo4f5brstUPTLDrdj5jOQXaHW0wXVTNB3NsLBt0rQFnkGRjPrIZQtx6 aLj0u9cmpxybz6cn6dJLJHBca1dA2+IMC1zz7lIdFUrptAybKBX3jCGlJrRGf8XQk5 SSWQUdqygr1UA== Received: from greg by vbox.gregn.net with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jZKf4-0001kH-5d for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Thu, 14 May 2020 13:40:58 -0700 Date: Thu, 14 May 2020 13:40:58 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: calling all dectalk users Message-ID: <20200514204058.GA6486@gregn.net> References: <20200514022100.GA6582@gregn.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.102.2 at vserver X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list 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, 14 May 2020 20:41:04 -0000 You can also start with a dectalk by default in debian and most if not all derivatives. At www.debian.org, follow the get debian link. Probably the smallest image with speakup is the netinst iso image. Grab that, and burn it to a CD, or write it out to a USB drive using dd. More info on this process is in debian's documentation section. Then boot your PC from either CD, or your uSB disk, depending on which you created above. Once you hear a beep from your PC speaker, press tab, space, and type speakup.synth=dectlk and press enter. This assumes your dectalk is connected to your first serial port. You should then hear your dectalk asking you to select a language for the installation. Since you probably don't plan to install debian, (though you are welcome to of course) press alt+right arrow, followed by enter. You should now be at a command prompt, and able to echo commands to /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth_direct, and see what your dectalk sounds like. Hope that helps. Greg On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:24:37AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Well, I have a dectalk, but cannot install Linux or speakup because the > Dectalk is not a default voice option. > Just sharing in case you hear from no one else. -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org