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?
>>>>>>
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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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>>>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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>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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