Re: making distros like Asterisk at Home talk from installupthroughdaily use

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haven't created a dial plan, you press enter. No big deal.

Point: The Snom 320 and Snom 300 are very easy to configure using lynx.
Other phones I've tried are not easy to configure using our interfaces.
Judge for yourself. Look at:

http://www.provu.co.uk/snom_demo/

Brent Harding writes:
> What is good about these handsets versus others out there? Are they 
> accessible to set up as far as the handset end of the configuration where 
> you need to give them the username, password, and server settings? It 
> really seems odd to use analog phones if you really don't need to on these 
> systems, assuming you can just pick these up and dial.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: making distros like Asterisk at Home talk from 
> installupthroughdaily use
> 
> 
> >OK, some facts.
> >
> >Asterisk is 100% accessible.
> >
> >Asterisk is not simple.
> >
> >Asterisk does not require a special kernel.
> >
> >You may need additional kernel modules for some PBX hardware, but these
> >compile separately.
> >
> >Asterisk works 100% with Speakup
> >
> >Working asterisk rpms and deb files are available that work with
> >Speakup, so stick to Fedora 5 or to recent Debian.
> >
> >There are a fair number of us Speakup users running our own Asterisk PBX
> >systems. I've got one, and the IVR that answers Capital Accessibility
> >phone calls is running on our Asterisk server on Fedora.
> >
> >If you go looking for native voip handsets, many of us are particularly
> >preferring Snom 320 and the soon to be available Snom 300. I use my 320
> >all the time. In fact, I now have 3 of them.
> >
> >Janina
> >
> >
> >
> >Brent Harding writes:
> >>Actually it's not necessarily the web part I want to work with Speakup, 
> >>but
> >>the linux it comes with. I thought I heard one can just get a tar ball 
> >>and
> >>install it into anything. What I mean is how I'd put in a Kernel that
> >>speaks versus one that doesn't so I can use the linux console of the 
> >>system
> >>once it's up to find the IP that gets assigned and to set up dynamic DNS
> >>and a few other things I want on there.
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 11:23 AM
> >>Subject: Re: making distros like Asterisk at Home talk from
> >>installupthrough daily use
> >>
> >>
> >>>The Asterisk At Home page says it's a web gui. So, if you want it to
> >>>work with Speakup, go fix the web markup so it will run with lynx or
> >>>elinks or maybe edbrowse.
> >>>
> >>>You're rather asking how to use a hammer to slice an orange, sir.
> >>>
> >>>Janina
> >>>
> >>>Brent Harding writes:
> >>>>Actually, it's a distribution iso image that contains CentOS, the
> >>>>Asterisk
> >>>>software which it compiles after the install reboots the system, and
> >>>>various web and console config tools so you don't have to mess with the
> >>>>complex config files that often. I would control it remotely, but my
> >>>>other
> >>>>machine is XP and Windows Telnet and JFW doesn't work well to edit 
> >>>>files
> >>>>on
> >>>>remote systems and I never cared for Festival with Oralux. I wonder how
> >>>>I'd
> >>>>throw in a talking Kernel and not make the module dependencies not be
> >>>>mismatched? I'd rather just install the rest of the package over my
> >>>>Fedora
> >>>>I already left on there, but they built it around this distro.
> >>>>
> >>>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:24 PM
> >>>>Subject: Re: making distros like Asterisk at Home talk from install
> >>>>upthrough daily use
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Why? Why particularly Asterisk At Home when Asterisk itselfs works
> >>>>>perfectly well with Speakup.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Isn't Asterisk At Home a gui front end to Asterisk? Or, did I miss
> >>>>>something here?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Brent Harding writes:
> >>>>>>Hi there! I want to know how I could make Asterisk at Home run with a
> >>>>>>speakup-enabled Kernel, especially through the installation and all? 
> >>>>>>I
> >>>>>>want
> >>>>>>to use the Asterisk system and Voip and heard this was the easiest 
> >>>>>>way
> >>>>>>to
> >>>>>>do it My old machine I want to make into a Linux box has some core of
> >>>>>>Fedora on its secondary 6.whatever gig drive, and the 30 gig has 98 
> >>>>>>on
> >>>>>>that
> >>>>>>I just want certain files of and that will then be reformatted, and 
> >>>>>>it
> >>>>>>has
> >>>>>>my double talk board I used with that distro. Assuming that the 
> >>>>>>Fedora
> >>>>>>on
> >>>>>>there is still bootable and I remember the Root password, how would I
> >>>>>>modify the iso of the Asterisk at Home distro so I could have talking
> >>>>>>install and then boot into a talking system? I heard this is the
> >>>>>>easiest
> >>>>>>way of running such a system because you get the webbased admin tools
> >>>>>>that
> >>>>>>are set up for that distro. The last time I tried just replacing the
> >>>>>>Kernel
> >>>>>>on an install disk and reburning, I got module error disaster. How do 
> >>>>>>I
> >>>>>>prevent that this time?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>_______________________________________________
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >>>>>
> >>>>>-- 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272
> >>>>>Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and
> >>>>>Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
> >>>>>janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org
> >>>>>
> >>>>>_______________________________________________
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>_______________________________________________
> >>>>
> >>>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >>>
> >>>-- 
> >>>
> >>>Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272
> >>>Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com
> >>>
> >>>Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and
> >>>Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> >>>
> >>>Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
> >>>janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org
> >>>
> >>>_______________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >>>
> >>
> >>_______________________________________________
> >>
> >>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >
> >-- 
> >
> >Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272
> >Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com
> >
> >Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and 
> >Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.
> >
> >Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
> >janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >
> >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >
> 
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.240.715.1272
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://CapitalAccessibility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx		http://a11y.org

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