Bruce you seem frustraighted. I will write a message to you off the list and I will personally make sure you get up and running. FC On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Bruce Noblick wrote: > Hi! > > I have tried all the suggestions up to this point and still with no > success. The last thing I have tried is using Speak Freely using the > address and port number I was told should work. I think the version I > downloaded is 7.1 for windows. I have been working with this computer in > this endeavor for about a month. I think I will just have to conclude that > it just won't work unless I know more about what I am doing. My next plan > is to build a computer to run Linux. I don't know much about this either > but it looks more promising than trying to get it to work onthis one. I > appreciate all the help that I have found here. When I do get a computer > that looks promising, I will start from the beginning and try it again. > Right now, what I need is something I can do successfully. I will be back > when I know more about what I am doing. I have gotten some good ideas from > people writing about other topics on this list as well. I thank everyone > who has invested time and energy in helping me directly and indirectly. > > Enjoy! > Bruce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaare Dehard" <kaare at home.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 2:07 AM > Subject: RE: not working yet > > > > sometimes it's a very long while, when I first installed I rebooted a > couple > > of times when using the downloaded root and boot disks. this isn't the way > > you can expect it to work after all the install happens though. Also I use > a > > transport in dos and linux and when switching over from dos I have to shut > > down the synth and turn it on to get a complete initialization before > > speakup will speak to me. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of John Covici > > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 2:33 PM > > To: speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: not working yet > > > > > > I wonder if your failure to get speech when booting is because of one > > or more of the following: > > > > (1) You booted your DOS system with speech loaded and then tried to > > run loadlin -- the speakout has a problem with this. > > > > The other possibility which comes to mind is that you are not doing > > the corrrect boot sequence which is to boot the disk, wait till it > > stops going, hit enter and then you hear the disk for a while and then > > it should start talking. > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > -- > > John Covici > > covici at ccs.covici.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
