From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f42.google.com (mail-yw0-f42.google.com [209.85.213.42]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 609ECC1A10A for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:46:05 -0500 (EST) Received: by yhgg71 with SMTP id g71so1640297yhg.29 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:46:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=oedOmB7/8uJTZgYgFE3OkI1TDMxRvc+aQ9PhmwOtWzc=; b=xJYqUt26JipbITCDNxXq1MBZ06cFbgVtVEdfVrEEmaYSt6d5fwCUJSHHx7Rk95Paj4 VvuP8vr3mj8NiJhOo6Iol0Pk//VDNC95q4cOcUG1gBw/io0JNJGH/z1WCg6hAIXIj+sg 1OI1nsSoE60w5YACBy00DjuGb4FQB9WXcvCK8= Received: by 10.236.145.102 with SMTP id o66mr20383475yhj.28.1326771966132; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:46:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.10.1.11] (cpe-76-183-122-170.tx.res.rr.com. [76.183.122.170]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y6sm47980757and.2.2012.01.16.19.46.04 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:46:05 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F14EEFC.50009@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:46:04 -0600 From: jeremy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians References: <4F149745.5040301@gmail.com> <20120117031045.GA1963@craptacular.gateway.2wire.net> In-Reply-To: <20120117031045.GA1963@craptacular.gateway.2wire.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:46:05 -0000 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