From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HywLp-0008K2-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:55:29 -0400 Received: from Michelle (static-63-131-9-106.day.choiceone.net [63.131.9.106]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.13.1/8.12.8) with SMTP id l5EKtRoK034904 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:55:28 GMT (envelope-from ace@talkingirc.net) Message-ID: <50A24A5B7FA04E2E8748714BF3222FEE@Michelle> From: "ace" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <4671103A.4000406@clearwire.net> In-Reply-To: <4671103A.4000406@clearwire.net> Subject: Re: Hello... Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:55:34 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16386 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6000.16386 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 20:55:30 -0000 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 > >