hello everyone is someone using vinux with focus blue braille display? Does vinux suport brltty 4.2? Many thanks for the answers. Zdenek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Krishnakant Mane" <krmane@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 2:26 PM Subject: Re: what wouldbe the most blind friendly distribution of linux > Also Note that the inflection (pitch range ) in espeak can be improved > by changing parameters in the /usr/share/espeak-voices/en/en or any > respective language. > This makes espeak sound a bit more narrative and less monotonous. > > Happy hacking. > Krishnakant. > > > On Wednesday 04 August 2010 03:45 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: >> Hi! >> I don't think voxin supports as many languages that espeak do. >> I haven't for example seen swedish beeing supported. >> BUt with espeak you can just change to swedish. >> /A >> >> Willem van der Walt skrev 2010-08-04 09:30: >>> As others have said, for now, go for Vinux. >>> You can also download a usb stick version. >>> By default Vinux comes up talking in orca, the graphical screen reader >>> and with speakup in the console. >>> The default synthesizer is espeak. >>> Many people prefer to buy what is now called voxin, but was known as IBM >>> Viavoice ttsynth eloquence over the years. >>> I would suggest that you try to use espeak for a week or so before >>> concluding that you need another synth. >>> I am so used to using espeak now that I never use ibm viavoice even >>> it is >>> on my machine. >>> Regards, Willem >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Zdenek Vopat wrote: >>> >>>> Hello listers: >>>> what would be the most blind friendly distribution of linux? >>>> I am thinking of getting the the world of liinux and looking for >>>> the most blind friendly distribution. I would probably use it with a >>>> netbook maybe with my asus eeepc1000, I also need the be able to >>>> convert my work to ms office and vice versa, maybe get into some >>>> other stuff as well. so what distribution aand software you would >>>> recommend. I would also use brltty 4.2 probably either with focus >>>> blue braille display or brailliant braille display and also which >>>> speech software you'd recommend? >>>> Many thanks. >>>> Zdenek >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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