Wrong, Igor. Very wrong. The information about synths is very clearly available on the Speakup web site. This kind of post shouldn't be happening. Besides, this is not an example of thinking. Thinking has nothing to do with what you said. If you were thinking about it, you would check your facts. On Sat, 11 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > Yes I think you can. I think it's supported, but I might be wrong. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita at home.ro> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 12:59 AM > Subject: Re: introduction > > > > Do you know if I can use speakup with a Dec Talk PC 1 internal sinth? > > I have Red Hat 7.2. > > I find emacspeak hard to use and I use my Linux machine with a Windows > > terminal (SecureCRT) from another computer. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Teddy, > > My dear email address is orasnita at yahoo.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:40 PM > > Subject: Re: introduction > > > > > > Hi. You need to have a hardware synth to use speakup. If you want a > > recomendation for a linux distribution, I would recomend Slackware > > http://www.slackware.com or Debian http://www.debian.org>. There is a MP3 > > file on the speakup ftp server which will help you install debian, located > > at ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/linux/goodies/audio-files/ and the files > are > > named debinstall_1.mp3 and debinstall_2.mp3 I think. > > Hope this helps, > > Alex Snow > > email: alex8887 at hotmail.com > > BBS: Telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cris Ali" <filastin48 at hotmail.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:15 PM > > Subject: introduction > > > > > > > Hello folks, > > > My name is Cris Ali from Washington DC. This is my first time on this > > list. > > > I heard so much about Linux and speakup and hope to get some help on > > giving > > > it a try. I am not a computer savvy, but if I am given clearn > instruction > > I > > > am sure I would be able to learn at least the basics. I never used > > neither > > > linux nor speakup, and have no idea where and how to start without > sighted > > > assistance. I am also not sure if I would need a special hardware > > > synthesizer, or whether I can use the built in sound card of my pc. I > am > > > hoping to be able to convert my retired 90 mhz pentium 1 into a linux > box. > > > Any ideas would be extremely appreciated. Again, I have no sighted > > > assistance. > > > Warm Regards, > > > cris ali filastin48 at hotmail.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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
