Personally Jason I'd stick with Zipspeak. It's an easy way to get started. But I'd be shocked if you were still using Zipspeak at Christmas 2002 - it's a good way to get started and eventually you will move on. Saqib ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Symes" <jsymes@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 6:42 AM Subject: Re: zipspeak > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
