From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtpout06-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.227] helo=smtpout06.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IqUNS-00077v-00 for ; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:58:30 -0500 Received: (qmail 6151 invoked from network); 9 Nov 2007 13:57:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (24.98.2.123) by smtpout06-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.227) with ESMTP; 09 Nov 2007 13:57:58 -0000 Message-Id: <3182D6D5-8B4B-47FF-8FA4-AEDEBF26E535@mjb-llc.com> From: VaShaun Jones To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <010101c822d7$d4fccef0$b5e44e8b@mike5cb7a2e1b7> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Subject: Re: Hello X-Priority: 3 Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:57:57 -0500 References: <004d01c821b5$126b2cb0$6400a8c0@SleepyHead><20071108163727.GA4426@clearwire.net><003b01c8227e$2e335980$6400a8c0@SleepyHead><5AB26E02-114B-46F5-A8C6-A42350F288A1@mjb-llc.com><20071109061311.GA5415@clearwire.net> <2CE99D41-03E9-46EE-9C99-6693AF5D7C52@mjb-llc.com> <010101c822d7$d4fccef0$b5e44e8b@mike5cb7a2e1b7> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) 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 Nov 2007 13:58:30 -0000 Thanks a bunch. Now is the screen reader already installed or do I go somewhere else for that? One other thing is this going to be a graphical environment or command line? On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Mike Reiser wrote: > If you mean ubuntu it can be gotten from www.ubuntu.com. I assume > they all > would work well with fusion, however ubuntu is probably the easyest > to set > up from what I've read. Unless someone tells me otherwise I think > fedora > has to be installed with a hardware synth. > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "VaShaun Jones" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 12:17 AM > Subject: Re: Hello > > >> I take it that you are saying it can be downloaded? Do you know where >> by chance? >> On Nov 9, 2007, at 1:13 AM, Gaijin wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:17:53PM -0500, VaShaun Jones wrote: >>>> Hello, I sent a message to this list introducing myself and never >>>> got >>>> a response. I wanted to know what is the best distribution of Linux >>>> to >>>> get that will run good with Fusion and can I download it? >>> >>> Hello VaShaun, >>> >>> I'd have replied, but I don't know what Fusion is, and as for >>> which distro, I use Slackware v11, as it suppports my hardware >>> speech >>> synthesizer . Ubuntoo should be a good choice. It's a matter of >>> what >>> you want or need, as well as taste. I chose Slackware because I've >>> heard that it's one of the more secure distros and doesn't use RPM >>> or >>> dpkg package managers. I plan on porting to LFS (Linux From >>> Scratch) in >>> the near future, which is about as hard as Linux gets. Maybe I'm a >>> masochist, but I despise Slackware's BSD style initialization >>> scripts. >>> very disorganized, but what can you expect to come out of Berkeley >>> these >>> days. Fedora and Ubuntoo both support software speech synthesis and >>> should do you well. The Linux kernel is in the middle of a >>> transition >>> at the moment as everything seems to be moving to USB devices, and >>> SpeakUp isn't quite up there yet. Only serial speech synthesizers >>> are >>> currently supported. Until the dust clears, or unless you have a >>> serial >>> synthesizer, I recomment Ubuntoo and Fedora. Just stick the CD in >>> the >>> drive and read the installation docs on the disk. You'll have to >>> look >>> for the many download sites to get a copy, or just buy the CDs from >>> places like CheapBytes. If you're anything like the rest of us, >>> you'll >>> go through many flavors of Linux before settling on a distro you >>> love. >>> Take care, >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >