Because it's not native, you can expect it will work with an accent, so to speak. Fuss and tweak, in other words. Best to go native. On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > 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? 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