re: new talking debian

re: new talking debian

[Jude DaShiell]

I had tried using that to install onto a sata drive with 1.4TB on it and 
it wasn't possible.  The drivers are available, but the debian kernel is 
messed up in such a way that it won't use those sata drivers and detect 
the drive.  For the record, I have CK804 nvidia equipment in the machine 
that has the sata drive.  I did find archlinux had no problem finding and 
handling the sata drive though.  This is on an amd athelon k8 machine with 
a gig of memory.  I have not been able to get slackware64-13.37 to install 
on that machine either with speakup.synth=ltlk at boot up or with modprobe 
speakup_ltlk after initial login.  I have no idea why since iso's I 
download pass both gpgv and md5sum tests.  Now this one will be strange, 
it was for me.  I tried the last version of grmlmonster I could find and 
it wanted more sata disk than was in the machine at the time.  I think I 
had an 80GB disk in the machine and it wanted if memory serves 400GB as a 
minimum.

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Re: new talking debian

[Samuel Thibault]

Jude DaShiell, le Mon 02 Apr 2012 19:47:24 -0400, a écrit :
> I had tried using that

Using what, exactly?

Samuel

Re: new talking debian

[Doug Smith]

Hi, there.  Ok, Compaq CQ-61, single-core AMD Cempron, unknown make of audio hardware, atheros wireless equipment, 250-gb hard disk, using the latest 
Debian installer from 

http://www.debian.org/devel/ and all is well that ends well, and I am completely satisfied with it.  

The installer itself worked like a dream with speakup standing by me at every turn.  After installation, the system came right up talking and I 
haven't had a lick of trouble out of it yet.  My computer, named after the famous starship Enterprise has just been in space dock for a refit and is 
running like a dream.  

If there is any specific information you can give me about these unexplained failures you have been experiencing, I will be glad to look into them and 
help you.  



Glad to help.  



Doug Smith

Re: new talking debian

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Samuel,
quick question, can this install be used with an external synthesizer like 
a detalk express?
If memory serves, the install may only work with software voices, but I 
wish to be sure.  my goal is a laptop, so would prefer using external 
speech.
thanks and forgive me if this has been covered before,
Karen

Re: new talking debian

[Samuel Thibault]

Karen Lewellen, le Mon 02 Apr 2012 21:27:43 -0400, a écrit :
> quick question, can this install be used with an external synthesizer like a
> detalk express?

As it has been possible for years now, yes. See the official Debian
installation manual, accessibility section.

> If memory serves, the install may only work with software voices, but I wish
> to be sure.

No, it's the contrary: it has been possible to use hardware synthesizers
for years already, and soft synth is only recent.

Samuel

Re: new talking debian

[Karen Lewellen]

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Thanks for your wise corrections, grin.
Karen

On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Samuel Thibault wrote:

> Karen Lewellen, le Mon 02 Apr 2012 21:27:43 -0400, a écrit :
>> quick question, can this install be used with an external synthesizer like a
>> detalk express?
>
> As it has been possible for years now, yes. See the official Debian
> installation manual, accessibility section.
>
>> If memory serves, the install may only work with software voices, but I wish
>> to be sure.
>
> No, it's the contrary: it has been possible to use hardware synthesizers
> for years already, and soft synth is only recent.
>
> Samuel
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Re: new talking debian

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Doug,
I may tap on your door privately if I may?
this new talking installer has me excited that I may *finally* have a 
chance to do this on my own.  I  have been hunting Linux talent for years 
without success here locally.  I have both an IBM 600 duo core system, my 
choice for this 
experiment,  I know more about it lol.  and a custom built Linux box, with 
nothing on it whatsoever, which may be less trouble but less  fun.
I have a friend burning the cd images for me, a functional dec-talk express 
and am gain to go at it,  with all the positive reports feeding my hope 
that after all the years of being a reader I may be a users too.
Besides, I like the name ofyour machine!

Thanks,
Karen

On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, Doug Smith wrote:

> Hi, there.  Ok, Compaq CQ-61, single-core AMD Cempron, unknown make of audio hardware, atheros wireless equipment, 250-gb hard disk, using the latest
> Debian installer from
>
> http://www.debian.org/devel/ and all is well that ends well, and I am completely satisfied with it.
>
> The installer itself worked like a dream with speakup standing by me at every turn.  After installation, the system came right up talking and I
> haven't had a lick of trouble out of it yet.  My computer, named after the famous starship Enterprise has just been in space dock for a refit and is
> running like a dream.
>
> If there is any specific information you can give me about these unexplained failures you have been experiencing, I will be glad to look into them and
> help you.
>
>
>
> Glad to help.
>
>
>
> Doug Smith
>
>
>
>
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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>

Re: new talking debian

[Doug Smith]

The talking installer works well.  I had no problem with the sound or anything like that.  I just hit the 
lowercase s at the start, pressed return and all went well.  However, I did have to install more than I 
thought as there is no good way to do my kind of web browsing with no desktop environment.  I was hoping 
there was.  

Both debian and Vinux, I have had experience with and I have found them both rather stable and either should 
be suitable for your work.  I am running Vinux right here, and I would hope that you can find the right one 
for you.  

The idea of a talking computer for no more cost than that of the hardware has been adream of many for many 
years.  I am glad that, with linux, either Debian or Vinux, it is possible to have one.  



Hope to help. 



Doug Smith

Re: new talking debian

[Marcel Oats]

Hi Doug, just to clarify, you're using squeeze or wheezy?  There still 
doesn't seem to be an orca with the wheezy yet?

Marcel
 

Re: new talking debian

[Samuel Thibault]

Marcel Oats, le Sat 07 Apr 2012 06:25:40 +1200, a écrit :
> Hi Doug, just to clarify, you're using squeeze or wheezy?  There still
> doesn't seem to be an orca with the wheezy yet?

There is Orca 3.2 there, 3.4 pending propagation.

Samuel

Re: new talking debian

[Doug Smith]

The installer I used was for Wheezy.  I didn't have a graphical environment on it when I experimented with 
it, and I do not know which version of Orca they use in that release.  



Sorry about that.  



Doug Smith