Hi, Chuck. My answers are below in the body of your message.
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From: Chuck Kyle
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Cc: Chuck Kyle
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: New to LINUX
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:
Question of my own. Do you have any serial connections at all or only USB ports?
1. When will Tuxtalk be available?
I don't know the answer to this one.
2. What is the general price range for a hardware synthesizer?
Well, it all depends on what you are looking for. If you want an internal Doubletalk it is ruffly $250, and the Doubletalk LT is about $300. Most synths that I know of are around $1000 in price.
If you do get a serial synth and USB is your only connection Belkin offers a USB tpo serial converter which a friend and have tried with some success under Red hat.
3. Does this software help solve installation probvlems?
What software are you asking about? Linux? Well if it is Linux the best way to be prepared is to read documentation, studdy the instalation guides, and then prepare for that install. Also Get a vary specific list of hardware on your computer, and back it up on a floppy.
4. What synthesizer will connect properly with my system?
Hmmm.... the Speakup web site has a list of supported synths. If you have USB ports only then a USB to serial converter is required, or install an internal synth like the Doubletalk. However, I believe Doubletalk still requires an isa slot, and many new computers don't have them either.
Be careful with the USB converter idea because it is tricky. I've only been able to retrieve results with RH 7.2 and not with any other distribution.
Thus it is is to be conciddered experimental only at this point.
5. Would I be better off to first try zipspeak?
That's possible. Many of us started on Zipspeak, and then moved on to big and full distributions.
However, if you want to play with a full distribution you might want to try Slackware 8 which comes with Speakup built in, or Red hat 7.2 which there is a distribution of it modified on the Speakup site.
If you can't afford or are not able to go with hardware synth don't feel bad. You are not out of luck.
There is a screen reader that operates through Emacs called Emacspeak 15 which does offer software speech.
Also Gnopernicus which will be out later this coming year will also support software speech.
PS: I have not unwrapped the package yet so I can see your answers. Chuck Kyle
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