My comments were general in nature, and were not specifically meant for you. Greg On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:46:46PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > Hay, at least I said that I thought, not that I KNOW it might work! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:35 PM > Subject: mottos, was: Re: introduction > > > > Janina, you and Kirk should post theese kinds of responses to the > braillenote list. There are on average 2 people a day there that give > thoughtless answers. Worse, they don't say they think they're correct, they > say they are correct. No one from Pulsedata bothers to correct theese > responses. I have a few times posted the correct answers there along with my > motto which is the same as Kirk's, and some people there wrote me back that > they don't like the way I respond with corrections. Theese were not people > from Pulsedata, they were other subscribers to the list. Besides, Pulsedata > supposedly has a list archive, which I have never been able to find. I'm not > alone, because there are newbys that have not looked for the archive, or > they couldn't find it like me. They always ask the same questions over and > over again, and even the people who will post a response to just about > anything don't bother to post answers again to questions that get asked day > in and day out. > > > > Sorry for the post, but since this came up here, I just had to share my > feelings on the subject and a certain frustration with the braillenote list. > > Greg > > > > > > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 07:57:18AM -1000, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
