Sacha Chua <sacha@free.net.ph> writes: > Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes: > >> You only need a standard laptop with built-in sound output (most of them >> do now) and a software speech package like ViaVoice or Festival. Then you >> have the choice between a few Linux screen review packages. > > Speakup requires an external synth, so if you want to read the boot > messages while booting, you're really going to have to hook up a > hardware synth or serial console. That said, you can probably use your > Linux PC as the serial console for your notebook until you get > everything working, and then you should be good to go. I have yet to see a portable speech synth which is small, and works under Linux. AFAIK, none of the available pcmcia solutions work. I personally use viavoice+emacspeak on my laptop. No external stuff, just a soundcard, and my builtin speakers. Since I have a subnotebook, I get all this below 1 kilogram of weight. Just my 2 cents. -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger mlang@db.debian.org | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list