Well, since nobody else has taken a shot at these questions ...
What did you do to get speech working for the debian testing install? I
just did a talking install with a debain testing CD on Monday of last
week. I couldn't remember exactly how to do it so I just kep pressing
the s key and then the enter key until I heard speech. I think it's
pretty solid. About the only thing I can think of is that your sound
card isn't supported. Is it a brand new machine? I have some very new
machines here but they all came up talking when I pressed the s key
repeatedly like that.
On 3/12/2013 8:53 AM, Kevin wrote:
Hello, Idownloaded debian testing, but it would not come up talking. I
downloaded Knoppix Adrian. It comes up talking, but when I bring up the X
session all the programs are inaccessible.
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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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