From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f182.google.com (mail-yw0-f182.google.com [209.85.211.182]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9C810573 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:03:19 -0500 (EST) Received: by ywh12 with SMTP id 12so1695253ywh.21 for ; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:03:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=GhojoW1DFlNgCAlzhGvKiMwj3aGpRKhyIN28jcim4H0=; b=OjEQfRZughtUC9E2qAs9Ugdwfyme0G6DjzPDM5PyDrvdtYDPOaVuReroKnjnxkpN/f Y6tS1c+YU4tpSfH9DgKWK0kof8144sPi9ZaknMoQn2zUMcLFMWkXVihAlX74Lx+M/Q7j pjDekSKQFLKFN/FASGu1blNr0nrhdo+SCdyy4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=NrriBGXKMnQbkRQZGpnip7a6J8ClTgPygm78NIkXh1Vr50PwJKt4YNMO7RyR//tlmb hdoE4SQSielbaJb6kEpfTXJJihjkCMRasQ2zFCUZ/Hp3iGV48G4OV6EPGtO9q3PEZy+3 irzrgX3OPx6eyHX6xFr0x+P357MytJxVZ8fss= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.129.25 with SMTP id b25mr9826333ybd.308.1257606199261; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:03:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 10:03:19 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Trying to come back? From: Joseph Norton To: Glenn Ervin , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:03:20 -0000 Hi Glen: I tried purchasing eloquence and got a key code, but, the install file packages were corrupted. Can you recommend a fix? I tried contacting the one I urchased from but they never got back to me. On 7/8/09, Glenn Ervin wrote: > Hi Joseph, > I like Ubuntu at: > http://www.ubuntu.com/ > On the computers I actually install it, I use the eloquence synth, A K A, > via voice. > But it works well as a live CD. > To get it to speak when you boot up, after the disk spins up, do the > following: > Press enter for English > Then press F5 for Accessibility features > Then press the letter 3 for synthetic speech > Then press enter twice, and it will come up talking. > HTH. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph Norton" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:29 PM > Subject: Trying to come back? > > > Hi All: > > It's been a rough year or two!--not all of it, but, enough! > > To briefly update: > > I went out of circulation because of a house fire suffered in December 2007. > I lost my computers, most of my software, my 3 hardware synths and most of > everything else. > > On the good side, I escaped alive and physically intact. > > I have also gotten married and have a beautiful wife and a 4-year-old step > daughter. So, again, not all bad news. > > We are in new quarters and I have acquired a donated HP computer which seems > to be capable of running Linux. > > Unfortunately, I do not have access to a hardware synth. > > I saw on blindcooltech that there is a small distro called "GRML". I have > successfully downloaded and installed it on my HD. It does work, but, I > probably need some assistance to do more with it--if this is even possible. > > Can I install or build a more robust systtem starting with GRML? In > particular, can I get a better software synth than the robotic british one > that ships with GRML? Since it's based on Debian, can I install Debian > packages over it? > > Or, are there other alternatives for installing Linux with only software > synth available? > > Any help would be appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) > Database version: 6.12780 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) > Database version: 6.12780 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >