From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ylpvm01-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.32] helo=ylpvm01.prodigy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GmdKC-00044o-00 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:38:41 -0500 X-ORBL: [69.155.76.144] Received: from home-bhj0w2uav1 (adsl-69-155-76-144.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [69.155.76.144]) by ylpvm01.prodigy.net (8.13.7 out spool5000 dk/8.13.7) with ESMTP id kALLb7kS006176 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:37:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:37:50 -0600 (CST) From: randy turner X-X-Sender: rturner222@darkstar.example.net To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Questions about orca and speakup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:38:41 -0000 hi Michael where can i download the iso of that cd that you are talking about? thanks in advance randy On Tue, 21 Nov 2006, Michael Whapples wrote: > Hello, > I have been trying to get orca, but with very little success, garnome didn't > seem to want to compile everything successfully on my slackware machine (it > seemed to fail when compiling HAL). Then when searching around about orca > and other systems, I noticed that FreeBSD had it in ports, and being > interested in what FreeBSD is liike (and also having a blank partition on my > computer where a dead version of windows used to reside), I decided to try > FreeBSD (requiring working through a serial console to get it setup). It > seemed to be going OK, util network was to be connected to get internet > access, where up on the kernel seems to have a problem and the machine gets > restarted. Then hearing more good reports of Ubuntu from someone nearby, I > decided to try that out, success finally, the CD booted and orca started > speaking fine. Now orca, from what I can tell on the ubuntu CD will solve > some of those difficulties of Linux that requires me to keep at least one > computer with a copy of windows (mainly the browser not supported issues and > javascript things). > > Now for the actual questions. Would it be worth trying to persue installing > gnome and orca in slackware, or would it be simpler to move over to ubuntu > and having to move all configuration? Remember that both could co-exist for > some time as I have that blank partition. Also if I was to move to ubuntu, > is there a speakup package, or would it require a custom kernel? Also is > there anything I should know about having both orca and speakup on a system, > e.g. changing speakup to no synth before starting orca? > > From > Michael Whapples > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >