Well, ZipSpeak will work fine for me right now, since this is my first use of any form of linux system. My programming isn't good, and I've only got a single, small hard drive for my Windows. I plan on adding another drive to my system sometime, and then I'd upgrade to a full version of some form of linux. Thanks for the advice, though. I'll keep it in mind when I'm able to take that next step. At 09:55 PM 12/21/01 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, Jason. Personally, you are much better off going with a full blown >distribution such as Red Hat 7.2. >There are quite a few limitations with Zipspeak that should be addressed. > >At the last I knew of it doesn't support /proc. This means if you try to >upgrade to Speakup 1.0 you will not be able to change voice rate, pitch, and >all of that. As well as many other /proc settings you might want. > >Also I was never able to get X going under Zipspeak so that other family >members could use Linux with gui which didn't go over well with them. They >like to use Gnome, and I was able to do that much easier under Red Hat 7.2. >Also if you ever get interested in Vmware which allows you to run Windows >under Linux it requires a working x server. Which was easy enough to get >going with RH 7.2. > >While you can get just about any app to run under Zipspeak it was easier >just getting a full distribution which has just about anything you want on >the cd already. It is known to work with the distribution, is precompiled, >and there is less to download. >That is unless you download the distribution, and that is pretty big. > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jason Symes <jsymes at netins.net> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 1:47 PM >Subject: zipspeak > > >> I just got ZipSpeak 7.1 unzipped on my system, and I'm eagerly awaiting >> some Windows tasks to finish running so I can shut down and kick the >tires. >> However, I'm curious as to ZipSpeak's limitations. >> I've got a Smart And Friendly 2x2x24x cdr-w drive connected to my pc via a >> scsi expansion card. Will ZipSpeak see this drive? >> Thanks, and have a happy holidays! >> >> Jason Symes >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > Jason Symes
