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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. 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