From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net ([208.36.108.88] helo=toccata.grg.afb.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15Zzd6-00037G-00 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:55:00 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f7NIsdE02071 for ; Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:54:39 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:54:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: Hello to everyone In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Amanda: The way you suggest is certainly one way to do it, but it would bulk up the download. Instead, you have to specify your synth at the first prompt--the one and only prompt that doesn't speak. Here's how it works: Start the install and listen/feel your drive activity. When it stops type: text speakup_synth=[your.synth.keyword] Replace [your.synth.keyword] with the appropriate synthesizer designator: dtlk for the internal doubletalk ltlk for the external litetalk and external doubletalk bns for a blazie device like the braille 'n speak dectlk for a dectalk express decext for the external dec talk (not the express) acntsa for the accent sa apolo for the apollo (yes, it's mis-spelled) audptr for the audaptor spkout for the speak out txp for the artic transport On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Amanda Lee wrote: > I haven't looked on this ftp site but are there different archives for > different speech synthesizers? Seems the only way to have a speaking > install of redhat with speakup is to have it configured to work with the > type of synthesizer one is using??? > > Guess will go on a hunt to see for myself! ha! - Amanda Lee > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Peter, are you looking to install with speech? If so, the question is > > about where you got the Redhat. If off one of the official mirrors, it > > doesn't come with speech. If you want a Redhat with speakup already in it, > > use anonymous ftp to speakup.octothorp.org and download from there. At > > least goot a boot floppy image to get going--though you really should get > > the entire disk1 iso image, at least. > > > > Of course, you can always compile speakup in after the fact. But, if you > > need to rely on speech, it's easier to get the speakup enabled Redhat up > > front. > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Peter M. Konka wrote: > > > > > Hey Raul: > > > > > > I have a copy of Redhat 7.1 which i might install sometime this week and > > > play around with it. > > > > > > --- Peter > > > > > > At 08:20 AM 8/23/01 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Hi Peter. Glad you can join the list and feel free to jump in at any > > > >time. Everyone here is very friendly and helpful. I've learned a lot > > > >from reading and asking this list. I wish that at 16 I would have known > > > >how to be a webmaster and a technician, hehehe, but at 16 I was playing > > > >apple 2e games with my good old texttalker card. I have a laptop with a > > > >dual boot setup, the primary boot is into slackware linux and the > > > >secondary boot is into windows 2000 professional so it can be done. One > > > >thing to decide about linux is which distribution to go with when you > > > >decide to install. All are good, some are better for one while others are > > > >better for other people. I personally have always liked slackware and > > > >debian the best. Others on this list use redhat and a few others I > > > >imagine. > > > > > > > >Best regards > > > > > > > >--- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net http://www.asmodean.net > > > >For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals.. Then > > > >something happened, which unleashed the power of our imagination... > > > >We learned to talk... > > > > > > > >On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Peter M. Konka wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > > > My name is Peter. I would like to iuntroduce myseelf for i have just > > > > > subscribed to this list. Let me tell you all a little about. > > > > > > > > > > I am 16 years old, and I live in Boston Massachusetts... > > > > > > > > > > I attend high school at Charlestown High school, in Charlestown, MA. > > > > > > > > > > I work at a computer store, Computer Warehouse in SOuth Boston, MA, as a > > > > > computer technican,l network administrator, webmaster, sales, and a little > > > > > of everything else... > > > > > > > > > > I am just starting to learn linux. > > > > > > > > > > I am legally blind, i do see, i will be installing Linux as dual boot on my > > > > > laptop so hopefully some people out there can give me some good tips on > > > > > linux if i ever ask.. > > > > > > > > > > I am glad to join this list... > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > > > Learn how to make accessible software at > > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp