Hi! The Dolphin-PCMCIA-synth works. For Linux it looks like a serial interface with a standard Dolphin synth behind. So any software working with a Dolphin synth connected to a serial interface should work with the PCMCIA-synth, too. Roger Butenuth On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Mario Lang wrote: > 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. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list