Thanks, Jim. I will advise my friends to get busy! <grin> Janina PS: They love their unix shell, so how could they not love Linux? On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jim Wantz wrote: > Hi Janina, > I'm not Matt, but the earlier version of zipspeak definitely does work on > a SCSI system. I have it working on a machine at work. In my case the > root file system is on /dev/sda1. > > Jim > P.s. If anybody wants to do some Linux training this seems an excellent > place to begin! > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Hi, Matt: > > > > I'm presuming that ZipSpeak only supports eide and not scsi. Is this > > correct? > > > > I'm asking on behalf of an interested friend and colleague who has a > > scsi system. > > > > Janina > > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Matthew > > Campbell wrote: > > > > > ZipSpeak is a talking mini-distribution of Linux for blind and > > > visually impaired people, based on the ZipSlack distribution and the > > > Speakup screen reader. ZipSpeak is designed to be easily installed on > > > an existing MS-DOS or Windows system, so that the user can start using > > > a talking Linux system with little difficulty and without help froms > > > omeone who can see. > > > > > > ZipSpeak 7.1-1 features ZipSlack version 7.1 and Speakup version > > > 0.09a. Speakup version 0.09 introduces new drivers for several speech > > > synthesizers, including the Apollo 2, the Braille and Speak, and the > > > DECtalk Express. ZipSpeak 7.1-1 includes a new utility called > > > speakupconfig which simplifies the customization of Speakup. It also > > > includes a modified configuration for the Lynx Web browser which makes > > > it easier for blind people to use. Finally, ZipSpeak now supports > > > many keyboard layouts besides the U.S. layout, greatly improving its > > > usability for international users. > > > > > > For more information, go to the ZipSpeak Web page at: > > > > > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/zipspeak.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Information Systems Research & Development > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > janina at afb.net > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina at afb.net
