Wow, sounds neat if it works good. Wonder how much upgrading it takes to get kernel 2.4.19 on zipspeak? I heard a ton of other stuff has to be updated to do this, compiling the kernel is probably the easiest of it. At 02:56 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote: >I found things worked about as I expected with asap--but I only spent time >in bash and in lynx. The lynx.cfg is not screen reader friendly out of the >box. But, I did manage to get the necessary tweaks into it and it began to >behave as it should. I was pleased, also, to note that it is a relatively >recent lynx and comes with SSL support. > >Other problem I noticed was path and file - directory separator related -- >i.e. a conflict between unix forward slash and DOS backslash. Sometimes, >the configs still held forward slashes. But, I must say that I didn't >install into the default directory, so I may have mucked it up a bit the >first time. I did reinstall pristinely last night to defaults, but I did >not yet play with it. > >PS: You'll be amusied and I think delighted to discover that it comes with >minicom whose documentation says that it is based a lot on telex. A lovely >close of the circle there, I think. > > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Brent Harding >wrote: > >> Will the dos screen readers navigate OK when using the arrow keys, found it >> never worked when I used to try it in telix years ago. I suppose, if I want >> compilers, I have to make the tool chain myself, hope not though. >> At 11:41 AM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote: >> >Cygwin is a PC Console application. So, if you can, use your DOS screen >> >reader and a hardware synth--vocal-eyes or asap with your Doubletalk. >> >There's nothing gui about cygwin, it's straight bash prompt all the way! >> ><grin> >> > >> > On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Brent Harding wrote: >> > >> >> Where can I get set files for Wineyes to use cygwin? I know window-eyes >> >> doesn't read this type of stuff real well, and I'm stuck using windows >> >> until I get linux installed with kernel 2.4.x anyway. The weird part was >> >> that the box that my modem came in said it was controller based, but it >> >> uses com5, and ttyS4 won't initialize with it. I would've kept my isa >> >> modem, but only have one slot where the double talk is, and thought a Pci >> >> modem would be easier to get than a Pci synthesizer, at least for linux use >> >> anyways. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> >> >> > >> >-- >> > >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >> >Blinux-list@redhat.com >> >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >-- > > 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >