hm i have never got speech work
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From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:18 AM
Subject: Installing Linux
The showrt answer is a definite yes. At the risk of repeating what others
have said, here are a few options. First, if you don't mind testing
software, download the latest beta of Debian Wheezy. The daily builds are
broken and won't work. Another option is Vinux. I personally don't like
it due to crashes and being rather behind in what it offers, but it should
be fairly stable and should come up talking. Finally, look at Knoppix
Adriane. It comes up talking also and has a nice menu which might be
easier for you. Vinux and Knoppix are live CDs, meaning that you don't
actually have to install anything but you can still try them on your
system. All have 32-bit flavors. Here are links:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
http://www.vinuxproject.org/
http://www.knoppix.org/
Also note that the CDs are pretty big downloads, but with Wheezy, you can
download a minimal netinst CD if you have a working network connection
detected by the installer. If you only have wireless, you might run into
problems, so you might want to download and burn the first CD or DVD.
Actually, on 32-bit, you can't download a DVD image because it's over 4
GB. If you try Knoppix, make sure to download the special Adriane CD. It
will have Adriane at the beginning of the filename. If you download
Debian Wheezy, make sure to get a CD with the graphical installer. The
speech installer actually uses text, but it's only included on the CDs
with the graphical installer. Yes, it sounds confusing. Once you boot
the Wheezy CD, press "s" and Enter and speech should come up in a few
minutes. You will still need sighted help if your BIOS doesn't boot from
CD as the first boot device. There isn't a way around that,
unfortunately. Most notebooks I've seen don't boot the CD first.
Finally, I offer a $99 per year email-based support service for people
just getting started with Linux or who already know the basics but want
help with specific tasks. Please contact me off list if interested.
On 3/6/2013 5:41 AM, Kevin wrote:
Hello, I have been following this conversation, and seeing people singing
the praises of linux. I have been thinking about trying out linux, but I
can not find a distro that has a talking installer that works with a
software synth. I have a 32 bit laptop with no access to a hardware
synth.
I also do not have someone sighted who could help me. Is there a way for
me
to install linux without sighted assistance and no hardware synth?
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Subject: Re: some bees nest stirring, was just how much can you do with?
Tim Chase<blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just for the record, DOS has loadable drivers to make that memory
above 1 meg accessible to other programs. Blowing the cobwebs off
those corners of my mind, I seem to recall loading the EMM386.SYS
driver to do as much.
That's right, and as I remember, you could buy and install Qemm to
squeeze
the
most out of your lower 640KB of memory. There were problems with memory
management, especially in loading device drivers, and it was all rather
messy.
I'm glad that DOS is a distant memory for me now. If there are people who
still find it useful, that's fine, but Linux is just so much better.
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