From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.179]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IQhhC-0005lK-00 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:56:19 -0400 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j37so583485waf for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:56:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.130.1 with SMTP id c1mr339363wad.1188471376915; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:56:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.100? ( [203.214.50.20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j29sm620347waf.2007.08.30.03.56.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:56:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46D6A244.2080908@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:56:04 +1000 From: Daniel Dalton User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: getting started with linux References: <46CFE753.6040908@gmail.com> <003701c7e72b$fc221310$ab00a8c0@proficio><46D2A8AB.3020700@gmail.com> <1188252344.9619.4.camel@sparky><46D3D8BA.6030809@gmail.com><00c101c7e97c$312d5720$4ba65c90@vv507j> <46D53394.5050600@gmail.com> <014301c7ea89$167209e0$4ba65c90@vv507j> In-Reply-To: <014301c7ea89$167209e0$4ba65c90@vv507j> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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, 30 Aug 2007 10:56:19 -0000 Hi, Thanks for all the help. Can someone tell me if this will work: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/IBM-INTEL-2-0G-256MB-13GB-CDROM-17inCRT-KB-MOUSE_W0QQitemZ190146837530QQihZ009QQcategoryZ111448QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Also the guy said the following about the soundcard. "Its a sound MAX ADI sound card, go to the ibm website and enter 6790-2GA in the search field. YOu will find all the info on the system. I had a quick look but couldn't find any ref to linux drivers. " I looked at the website Doug said but I couldn't find it. Could someone please have another look for me because I am sure I have missed something. Thanks, -- Daniel Dalton John Heim wrote: > Most distros (fedora, debian, etc) will configure your sound card when you > install linux. In fact, if you swap out the sound card, sound should be > automatically be reconfigured. If it doesn't work, get back to us and we'll > help you. > > The answer to your second question depends on which distro you are using. If > you are using debian or grml, you can use the simple instructions on my web > site for setting up software speech. See: > http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/debian/#sftsynth > > There are more complete instructions here: > http://www.freebsoft.org/doc/speechd-up/speechd-up_1.html > > The second page explains how to download and compile speechd-up. But I have > created a debian deb file that you can use if you have installed debian. > That makes it a lot easier to get software speech working. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Dalton" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:51 AM > Subject: Re: getting started with linux > > > >> Hi, >> Just a couple more questions: >> How do I setup the soundcard so I here sound through it once I have >> installed linux? >> Also will I have to download a linux distribution and install that. Then >> install speakup? When speakup is working can I get it to talk through my >> speakers? If so what synth would it use. Like jaws can talk through my >> speakers can speakup do this or do I need a hardware synth? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Daniel Dalton >> >> >> John Heim wrote: >> >>> If you miss out on that machine, and need to bid on another one, if I >>> were >>> you, I wouldn't worry too much about it not being compatible with linux. >>> Any >>> PC that is a year old or older is probably going to work. It's mostly >>> very >>> new hardware that isn't supported -- yet. >>> >>> I guess it would be a huge bummer to get a machine and have it turn out >>> to >>> be one of the very few that is not supported. But you're probably more >>> likely to get a defective machine off ebay than you are to get one that >>> has >>> an unsupported sound card. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Daniel Dalton" >>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:11 AM >>> Subject: Re: getting started with linux >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Thanks for all the help. I got a reply from the guy that was selling >>>> that pc I was looking at. He said the following: >>>> "it is intel 815 chipset has agp slot and intel onboard sound drives at >>>> google search " dell support" xp has drivers" >>>> >>>> So is this going to work with linux and speakup? >>>> I don't know much about this so I don't think I will be able to find it >>>> on the site with the supported cards. >>>> >>>> Anyway if anyone can get back to me I would greatly appreciate it. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Daniel Dalton >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >