One correction, Janina. JS: USB connections are not currently supported. You need a serial speech synthesizer. Here's the current list of synths supported by Speakup: "A friend and I have been able to use a usb to serial convertion cable to rout our Dectalk's and Braille n Speaks through a usb port under Red Hat 7.2, and it has worked fine with Speakup. Although the synths are serial it is possible to rout them through U SB ports if necessary. ----- Original Message ----- From: Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Cc: Chuck Kyle <chuckk at exis.net> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 11:34 AM Subject: Re: New to LINUX > Hi, Chuck: > > Actually, you haven't given us enough information about yourself to let us > really advise you well. For example, do you have any experience using any > kind of unix? Did you use a shell account at one time? Where you once a > DOS user, or is all of your experience in Windows? Also, have you only the > one computer, or do you have a second computer and/or a device like a > Braille 'N Speak. Do you use some kind of refreshable braille display? > If so, which one? Are you experienced in system installation and > configuration, even if it's only Windows? Or, are you an end user of > applications like mail and web browsers?'' > > Without this kind of information it's hard to tell you either to return > the Suse, or to go ahead and crack it open. Please recognize that you did > not ask us how to get linux working with speech. You have already made > some decisions, so our natural response will be to honor your perogative > to make decisions for yourself, even if they might not seem to be > particularly good decisions. In other words, how and why did you choose > Suse? Do you actually know what you're doing? Or was that some kind of > stab in the dark? > > Having said this, let me now take up your questions: > > On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Chuck Kyle wrote: > > > Greetings, > > I am a JAWS user with a Gateway Celeron and usb connections. I have purchased a SUSE LINUX software package. I would appreciate answers to these questions: > > 1. When will Tuxtalk be available? > JS: Maybe never, and almost certainly not in 2002; > > > 2. What is the general price range for a hardware synthesizer? > JS: Anywhere from around $270 to around $1,200. > > > > 3. Does this software help solve installation probvlems? > JS: What software? It's hard to believe you're referring to Suse linux > when you say "this software;" > > > 4. What synthesizer will connect properly with my system? > JS: USB connections are not currently supported. You need a serial speech > synthesizer. Here's the current list of synths supported by Speakup: > > Accent SA ACNTSA > Accent PC ACNTPC > Apollo APOLO > Audaptor AUDPTR > All Blazie products BNS > DEC Talk Express DECTLK > DEC Talk External DECEXT > Doubletalk internal (isa card) DTLK > External, serial Litetalk or Doubletalk LTLK > Speak Out SPKOUT > Artic Transport TXPRT > > > 5. Would I be better off to first try zipspeak? > JS: Very possibly. But, you'll still need a hardware synth. > > > > > PS: I have not unwrapped the package yet so I can see your answers. Chuck Kyle > JS: I don't understand this PS at all. What does the shrinkwrap on the > Suse have to do with "seeing" our answers? Do you mean you are planning to > blow away your Windows installation when you install linux? Not that we're > against deleting Wi9ndows from computers, but this might seem a bit > drastic to many of us. > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
