how do you use speak up knopix? - - Don't judge me because I'm blind. Judge me by what's inside. if you judge me because I am blind, then it is you who is blind. "time is the fire in which we burn," Tollian Soran. "grudges aren't worth holding--One who holds them shows his self-weakness." Contact info: hank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: Same as MSN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 6:16 AM Subject: Re: speakup on fedora? > The advantage of Oralux, and any Knopix for that matter, is precisely as > you describe. The disadvantage is that it only does what it does and > won't easily do anything else--because it's on static media. > > As for Speakup, support for software speech is progressing and seems to > be close to ready for prime time. However, it's easiest to get it > working with a hardware device. And, the Speakup enabled Knopix > available on the Speakup web page is built for hardware speech, as I > understand it. Kirk will correct me if I'm wrong on that point. > > gumnos (Tim Chase) writes: > > From: "gumnos (Tim Chase)" <gumnos@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > So, what I am understanding is that in order to have speech with linux > > > I'll need an external synthesizer? > > > > I heard from a fellow this morning that Oralux 0.6 should come with Yasr > > running with flite/eflite which is entirely software driven. I haven't > > gotten to give it a try yet, but it sounds like that's another option. > > It would be helpful in computer labs at school where you could just drop > > the live CD in the drive and boot from there, having all sorts of tools > > at your disposal. The Oralux download page didn't have any ISO links > > when I just checked. > > > > -tim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list