hi, ok thanks for the great info. as for a synth i have the accent-pc do you know if that is supported? just another question if i may. if i understud you right. I haven't ever used this rar ware can i get this, or is it on the cd? when i go to install this would i do this under dos, or windows. thanks alot. On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Georgina wrote: > Hi > > Yes, it is relatively easy to install. On the Slackware disk you'll have > speakup.i and speakup.s kernel images. The "i" = IDE and the "s" = SCSI. > You'll either need to rawwrite the appropriate image to a floppy and the > same for the color.gz image found on the CD. Or you can start with loadlin > from a dos partition. This method is more rigid as rawwriting images to > floppies can be unreliable when using a screen reader. I think that you'll > find enough information on the CD to get you started. You'll need to pass > some parameters to the kernel at boot up to tell the kernel which > synthesizer you're using. For example, if you were using a DecTalk Express > on COM 1 you'd pass something like this: > > ramdisk speakup_synth=dectlk speakup_ser=0 > > I'm sure that you will find all the information you need on the standard CD. > But don't be afraid to ask here or on the Speakup list. You might want to > have a look at the Speakup reflector either from Windows or Linux. See the > Speakup site if you need further documentation. > > htt://www.linux-speakup.org > > HTH > > Gena > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of philwh@gate.net > Sent: 20 November 2001 03:54 > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: linux questions. > > > Hi. > Slackware is very easy to install and setup. > I found it much easier than redhat, but > that is just me. > > I have slackware 8.0 installed and slackware 7.0. > I can't answer your questions about speakup, I haven't used it for > about 6 months. > I use a dos machine attached as a serial > console to my linux systems. > > phil > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >