Look at http://www.grml.org -- it has speakup built into the kernel and has the ability to use software synthesizer if it can figure out your sound card. on Friday 05/25/2007 Matt Barnes(barnes.matt@xxxxxxxxx) wrote > Oralux has a live cd that will boot and load you into emacspeak. Really nice > live cd, but can be a bit intimidating in use. Located here: > http://oralux.org/ > > On 5/25/07, Allison Mervis <allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi all! > > My name is Allison, and I am very new to the world of Linux. I read what > > seemed like the portions of the FAQ which pertain to my situation, but I > > still have some questions. > > Right now, I'm using an Acer laptop running Windows XP home SP2. What I > > would like to do is burn an image of a version of Linux bundled with a > > Screen reader onto A CD, (I think the correct term is live CD) insert it > > into the drive, restart my computer, and have Linux boot up talking. I do > > not own a hardware synth, and I understand that this limits my options. I > > then want to be able to restart the computer, and tell it to boot back up > > in > > windows. Is such a thing possible? Thanks! > > Allison > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > Oralux has a live cd that will boot and load you into emacspeak. Really nice live cd, but can be a bit intimidating in use. Located here:<br><a href="http://oralux.org/";>http://oralux.org/</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"> > On 5/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Allison Mervis</b> <<a href="mailto:allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx";>allisonfm@xxxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > Hi all!<br>My name is Allison, and I am very new to the world of Linux. I read what<br>seemed like the portions of the FAQ which pertain to my situation, but I<br>still have some questions.<br>Right now, I'm using an Acer laptop running Windows XP home SP2. What I > <br>would like to do is burn an image of a version of Linux bundled with a<br>Screen reader onto A CD, (I think the correct term is live CD) insert it<br>into the drive, restart my computer, and have Linux boot up talking. I do > <br>not own a hardware synth, and I understand that this limits my options. I<br>then want to be able to restart the computer, and tell it to boot back up in<br>windows. Is such a thing possible? Thanks!<br>Allison<br><br> > _______________________________________________<br>Blinux-list mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx";>Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx</a><br><a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list";>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > </a><br></blockquote></div><br> > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list