Hi, You might want to look on this URL and grab the rescue programs, if compatible, from this page. See below. I made a bootable rescue CD but don't have speech working. When you get this software speech talking boot CD ready, please, please let me know how I can get a ".rar or .img" copy of it. EBCD - Emergency Boot CD http://www.ebcd.pcministry.com/ Kevin Doucet doucet.kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIB Store (256)761-3566 -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Heim Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:34 AM To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop You know, why don't we make our own system rescue CD? I already have my own rescue CD. It's really customized to my hardware. But I'll bet I could have it cleaned up in a few days. It's kind of nice in that if I don't have my doubletalk connected at boot, it starts software speech automatically. I'm thinking of adding a grub menu that allows you to select different hardware synths. The default config has no hardware synth. The second item is doubletalk, etcetra. The only thing about me making a rescue CD is that I'm no expert on rescuing a computer. I wouldn't know which tools to include. My rescue CD contains the stuff that is put on via the "Fully Automated Install" open source project. I know I can mount, fdisk, and use vi. I guess about 99% of rescues involve just mount and vi. I'm taking tomorrow off. (The Green Bay Packers play a game tonight.) I'll bet I can put this together in a weekend. From: "Martin McCormick" <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:56 AM 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 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list