From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.44]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hywaz-00007m-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:11:09 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.110] ([70.110.245.10]) by vms044.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JJN005U29IKUJL1@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:11:09 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:13:19 -0400 From: Cody Hurst Subject: Re: Hello... In-reply-to: <50A24A5B7FA04E2E8748714BF3222FEE@Michelle> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-id: <4CA55E4E-74C9-41C1-A8D0-8799E8F83C0B@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v728) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.728) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 References: <4671103A.4000406@clearwire.net> <50A24A5B7FA04E2E8748714BF3222FEE@Michelle> 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, 14 Jun 2007 21:11:10 -0000 Hello, External synths are quite pricy and should, in my opinion, be purchased if it is really going to be used productively, otherwise try to get a used one, which might be hard. Cody I have never had Gnome or orca crash on me. On Jun 14, 2007, at 4:55 PM, ace wrote: > Orca and Gnome are both great products and I would encourage their > use but, > if your budget allows, you should probably purchase a DoubleTalk LT > which is > an external hardware synthesizer. The desktop environment still > has its > quirks and if it unexpectedly dies you will be dumped into a shell, > so best > to have hardware speech if at all possible. Insure that you have a > serial > port, though. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaijin" > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 5:54 AM > Subject: Hello... > > > >> Hello all, >> >> Just joined the list and thought I's say "hello" to everyone. >> Really nice to find a place like this. I'm a rabid Linux fanatic who >> went blind from diabetic retinopathy in August of '02, and I've been >> pretty much offline ever since. Finally broke down and upgraded my >> system to support WinXP and quickly heard about SpeakUp for >> Linux. I'm >> in the process of looking for a supported speech synth for >> SpeakUp, so >> I'm still stuck in Windows on a 30 minute Win-Eyes time limit. I >> hope >> to soon get Slackware up and running, and soon be able to >> contribute to >> the SpeakUp effort right along-side everyone. I'm presently playing >> around with a copy of Oralux and learning the features. Just need >> that >> speech synthesizer, and I should be off and running. Thank you >> for all >> your efforts. It is well appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> Michael "Foreign White Devil" Ferranti >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> __________ NOD32 2329 (20070614) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >