Hello Martin, I think you are a lot closer than you might realize. May I suggest taking a closer look at the Telnet Installation How To located at http://speakupmodified.org/telnet_installation.html The way I understand the process, it requires that the target machine be booted from the installation media and then at the boot prompt, issue the following command to configure the network interface: text telnet ip=[ip.address] netmask=[netmask] gateway=[gateway.address] ksdevice=[ethernet.device] Example: text telnet ip=192.168.33.123 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.33.254 ksdevice=/eth0 Of course, this assumes that you are installing speakup modified Fedora. Then using telnet from a working machine connect to the target machine and control the installation with speach that way. I'm expecting to have to configure software speech on the target machine via telnet or ssh from my working Windows machine after the installation is complete. This sounds like a bit more work than installing with a hardware synthesizer, but I don't have one to compare to. All my previous installs have been with sighted assistance. I think this Telnet how To will help us out in a big way. My target machine is a 500MHz machine with 384MB RAM which I don't think I will even try to install a graphical interface on, but I think a console based system will do just fine. Hope this helps, Thane -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin McCormick Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:56 AM To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop This was promising, but I think it is a dead end. GRML appears to be fine, based on Debian and all, but the live CD with speakup is simply not usable in its present form due to the spelling bug. In this quest for a working live CD with software speech, I am beginning to notice tell-tail signs when something is worth following up on. After subscribing to the GRML users list, I downloaded all the mail archives and discovered that the last posting that was archived was in March and was somebody else trying to crack the spelling bug. Since yesterday, there was my question about the spelling bug and one other poster asking another question and that's pretty much it. the GRML live CD is from this Spring, but the speakup part is not functional so I guess it is time to move on. Willem van der Walt mentioned espeak. Google searches about espeak turn up comments and discussion from this year which is a good sign. I haven't heard espeak yet, but it is supposed to be a bit different in sound and in operating theory. Are there any live CD's not requiring gnome that use it? There is probably a lot of still useful hardware out in the world that is either not fast enough or doesn't have enough memory to run a GUI but will still scream through a command-line environment. We are basically back to a return of the original Linux installation quandary for those who can't use a screen if the system has no native RS-232 ports or a hardware speech device. So close and yet so far away. Martin McCormick _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list