Yes, absolutely. And, you can have your Express talk you through the install. It's been speech enabled except for the very first prompt where you need to tell speakup what synth you're using. Here's how to get this part right: Monitor your floppy as it starts booting just after the little system beep which indicates the end of the bios part of the boot process. After a very short time spinning, the floppy will pause. This is your prompt to enter: text speakup_synth=dectlk Notice that synth is spelled s y n t h and notice that dectlk is the speakup keyword that signifies the Dec-Talk Express. There are other keywords for other synths. Enjoy! On Thu, 17 May 2001 mo.valli at bt.com wrote: > Hi, > > I am unable to boot from CD, and thus would need to use a boot disk. Will my > external Dec express work if I was to use the boot.img that is located on > redhat disk 1? > > Thanks in advance > > Regards > > Mo. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net] > Sent: 16 May 2001 22:43 > To: speakup > Subject: Re: speakup/install failed > > > Rich: > > If you're able to download the iso images at > ftp://speakup.octothorp.org, you'll be ahead of the game. Bill Acker has > patched speakup into the current Redhat install very nicely. You'll get > a fully accessible install--well except for the first prompt where there > is no speech and you have to indicate your synthesizer. But after that > prompt, the install is accessible and the speech is built in. It's by > far the easiest coarse. I heartily recommend it. > > On Wed, 16 May 2001, Rich Caloggero wrote: > > > I'm trying to install speakup-0.10a on redhat kernel 2.2.19. > > I put the speakup sources under /usr/src and copied the source tree for > > linux-2.2.19 into linux. I entered the speakup source directory at > > /usr/src/speakup-0.10a and typed ./install and got this mess: > > [summary: lots of errors about expected binary operator ] > > ./installPatching version v22 > > Creating .orig files [./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected > > ] done. > > Patching files [p./install: ${writeloc//^/\/}: bad substitution > > ] done. > > Copying files [c./install: ${writeloc//^/\/}: bad substitution > > ] done. > > speakup-0.10a# > > > > Help. > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- 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 Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html 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/technology/accessapp.html
