if emacs speak comes with redhat 7.3 by default i.e. its already bundeled with it what would i need to do to get emacs speak running without a sound card... that way i know how that stuff works... i have a fairly intense log of my hardware and the only thing that is flagged with win mswin or windows is the lucent win modem... i have an ethernet card i use for internet and i do know that it is usable with unix/linux/whatever because the person that used it before me had it set that way... anyways tnx for the help --Faith of God-- Where the walk with God never ends... www.faithofgod.us/peace.html voice: (810) 423-5982 email: andy at faithofgod.us Faith of God is (C) Copywright 2002 Faith of God Ministries All rights reserved. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <slingshooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:33 AM Subject: Re: emacs speak and a normal sound card > Hi, Emacspeak will work on any soundcard that Linux supports. One quick and > durty way to configure and test your sound system is to run sndconfig and > run through that dialog box. It will attempt to find your sound device play > a wave file, and then a midi file if it finds your midi channel. > For hardware issues it will help to have a list of your hardware on hand > such as make, moddle, and brand. Start a little note book of what kind of > modem you have, what soundcard you have, monitor, and so on. Also flag any > hardware device that says winmodem, or windows anything in it's name. Some > of that trash is designed specifically for the Windows operating system > only. > Remember we live in a rather bias world where most computer specialists are > ignorant about Linux, and most PC manufacturers won't help you if you put > Linux on your computer. So lists such as this one come in handy, and > learning to take notes is an emence help down the road. > Hth. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
