Status of Software speech for installation?

Status of Software speech for installation?

[Zachary Kline]

Hi,
    I have become interested in getting myself an actual Linux partition on 
a hard drive once again as compared with virtual machines, and so was 
wondering what the status of software speech for installations was.
    I remember reading on this list that Fedora 9 could be installed with 
software speech, and that you need to look on the DVD for information on how 
to do this.  The howtos on the speakupmodified.org site say you can't do 
this, but they're not yet up to date with FC9's installation.  I was just 
curious if this is true?
    I guess I could install Ubuntu on this machine as well, but that doesn't 
natively include Speakup and I'm not sure of the extent to which they've 
patched their kernels, etc.  Besides, I haven't played with Fedora before so 
it interests me.
Any information would be appreciated.
Best,
Zack.

Re: Status of Software speech for installation?

[Janina Sajka]

The Speakup Modified Home Page is up to date. Only the Installation
HOWTO is still unupdated.

Janina

Zachary Kline writes:
> Hi,
>    I have become interested in getting myself an actual Linux partition on 
> a hard drive once again as compared with virtual machines, and so was 
> wondering what the status of software speech for installations was.
>    I remember reading on this list that Fedora 9 could be installed with 
> software speech, and that you need to look on the DVD for information on 
> how to do this.  The howtos on the speakupmodified.org site say you can't 
> do this, but they're not yet up to date with FC9's installation.  I was 
> just curious if this is true?
>    I guess I could install Ubuntu on this machine as well, but that doesn't 
> natively include Speakup and I'm not sure of the extent to which they've 
> patched their kernels, etc.  Besides, I haven't played with Fedora before 
> so it interests me.
> Any information would be appreciated.
> Best,
> Zack.
>
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Re: Status of Software speech for installation?

[tony seth]

Have you considered GRML?  Id does include Speakup and has an option to 
start with software speech, not perfect, but doable, the latest version 
I think comes with Espeak as an option...

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Re: Status of Software speech for installation?

[Zachary Kline]

Hi,
    Thanks for this tip.  I might in fact be able to use it to install 
Debian without needing a hardware synthesizer.  We'll see.
Best,
Zack.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tony seth" <lp800@samobile.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Status of Software speech for installation?


> Have you considered GRML?  Id does include Speakup and has an option to 
> start with software speech, not perfect, but doable, the latest version I 
> think comes with Espeak as an option...
>
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