but will the iso have speackup in it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <tward@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:00 PM Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 > Hi, my comments are below in the body of your last message. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Reinhard Stebner <raydar at tamu.edu> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 > > > > > Slackware 8 does come with talking boot disks and kernel. > > > > The only thing I found on the speakup web site was slackware 7.1 with > > speaking boot disks. Am I missing something? > > There are plenty of places to tget the 88.0 iso. Try: > ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-8.0/isos/install.iso > > > > > Thank you so much for your help it means a lot to me. Here are some more > > newbee questions. Could someone please explain how the man page works? > (by > > taking a man page and saying what all of the [] {} and <> mean in > context? > > > > The man page program is the help system for Linux. It works a site better > than Windows help, because you can jump strait to a specific topic. > The book Red Hat Unleashed 4.0 which is in etext at > http://www.blindprogramming.com has a good introduction to using man > > > How dows one read one screen at a time instead of one line at a time? > > If you are in an app such as pico a page up and page down will do this using > the page scrole keys located on the six key block next to the backspace key. > In man the spacebar takes you to the next page, and to review that page > press the plus key on the numpad. > > > p> Is there a way to copy that page and save it and then braille out than > man > > page? > > Well, I'd have the entire manual entry converted into a text file, save it, > and then if you wanted it in braille you'd have to configure a braille > printer under Linux. > If you want it in grade two then you'd have to setup something like megadots > for dos using the dosemu program. > > > > > Is there any way to have a braille device working with speakup? > > Not that I am aware of. However, there is an application called Brailletty > that gives braille display support for the consol. You could try it and see > how it works. > > > > > Where can I find more docs on the proper feeding and care of my new os? > > Well, there are many books and docs out there. For one see the documentation > cd found in the Red Hat 7.2 directory on the Speakup site. > Also I have a book called Slackware Unleashed which is aging, but still is a > great book for beginners. > > > > > What about speakup (see last quesion). > > > > How hard is it to find documentation on programming un unix/linux? > > Is it quite differant from programming under dos? > > There are a handful of books that deal with Linux specific programming. They > are all made by Sam's publishing. Teach Yourself Linux C++ programming in 21 > days, Teach yourself Linux C programming in 24 hours, and teach yourself > gtk+ programming in 21 days. > I've been trying to get Sam's to make some etext copies for the blind, but > so far no budge. So I've been forced to scan them, and they are not to clean > scanned. > However, if you know c or C++ well enough programming in Linux is not that > much different than in dos. > There is also the perl language which is vary portible across platforms, and > > gtk+ is going to become vary useful to us as Gnopernicus nears completion. > > > Final quesion, what are some do and don'ts when comming to: > > > > 1) installing and setting up the os > > Well, I'd put Linux on it's own computer if possible. I find it just easier > than having to manage a multiboot. If not possible i use a drive drawer > system that allows me to remove my Linux drive, insert a Windows drive, and > switch between os's simply and without alot of fuss making a multiboot. > > > 2) running the os > > Linux is pretty tuff. You should always practice stuff as a normal user, and > not get in a habbit of doing things as root. Being root all the time leads > to problems if you are not careful. > I remember a friend of mine was going to remove a file from his /etc folder > and typed something like: > rm -rf * > Before he thought about what he was doing, and where he was, and he smoked > his entire system. Caution as root is vary wize. > > > > 3) upgrading > > When I upgrade I typically just do a from scratch install, but it is not > necessary. You can upgrade any applications or system files you want, but I > tend to update the entire distribution when it comes out. > > > 4) speakups limitations when comming to the operating this os? > > Speakup is not a bad tts app, but it's biggest draw back is it will not give > you any speech access to the x-Windows server, x applications, or anything > with alot of graphical widgits. > However, Gnopernicus will be able to do that once it is finished, and > released with Gnome 2.0. > Speakup also has a problem with announcing which menu item it is on. In > programs such as links it will often announce the link aabove the one you > are on, or when going throu a menu driven tool such as linuxconf it will say > the item above the one you are on, and then the one you are on. > > If anyone knows how to fix this behavior please let me know. > > > > > > > Thank you once again for your willingness to help me out. > > > > No problem. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
