I'm not a zipspeak user, but ... My recollection is that you can start from your hard disk. You will need to shutdown to MS DOS, or restart to a C: prompt by any of the methods that accomplish that. You've probably put zipspeak into its own directory per instructions. So, go ahead and cd to that drive and directory. Look for batch files. I believe there's at least one. You'll need to tweak it for your synth and serial port, or simply issue the appropriate command with arguments. Major Tip: In linux, serial ports are ttyS0 for DOS/Windows com1, ttyS1 for com2, etc. Note there's a capital letter S in there. That fact is important. Your speechsynthesizer is designated ltlk by speakup. So, that part of the command becomes speakup_synth=ltlk. Good luck, and let us know how you do. PS: I've no idea what scsi support is, or is not, in the zipspeak distro, but recognize that zipspeak is a trimmed down, slimmed down, kind of beast. So, if it isn't recognized, that doesn't mean linux doesn't support it. On Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Jason Symes wrote: > Another thing I forgot to mention in my post. I'm running a doubletalk lt > on my com1 port. Being that I've never tried any os not produced by ms, I'm > not sure how to start ZipSpeak with the doubletalk lt. I checked the > readme.1st and the zipspeak.txt files in the same ftp folder as the > zipspeak.zip file, and I gathered that I had to download the lt's boot disk > image and create a boot floppy with that image file decoder (the file's > name escapes me). Is this correct, or is there a shorter way for a linux > novice to start the lt? > tia, and merry Christmas. > > Jason Symes > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
