Hi Janina, Yes, I do have it turned off, I turned it off in Cmos. I had also thought of that and hit the num lock key to test that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: Re: correct keyboard selection. And, numlock is off? Glenn Ervin writes: > From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> > > Hi Janina, > the numeric keypad selection you mention did work on that old version of the > install program, but strangely, when I use any of the numbers, on the > correct install, it just moves around by lines. > insert plus did not do what it was supposed to do. My sighted assistance > did confirm that the keyboard selection is indeed "speakup". > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 11:53 AM > Subject: Re: correct keyboard selection. > > > It's a bug in one of the newer text rendering libraries. It has been > reported. Meanwhile, until its fixed, just be aware that you seem to be > on the selection following the actual one. As I just explained in > another message, you can verify this with NumericKeypad Insert+Period > which provides color attribute4s, such as "white on black." If you look > around the screen and check with this, you'll find confirmation for > what's actually highlighted, and you'll find that it really is the > selection just before the one that Speakup is indicating. > > Glenn Ervin writes: > > From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> > > > > Hi Mark, > > I am still trying to get RedHat installed as the installation program for > > RedHat 8.0 does the same double speaking for me, with my dectalk > > synthesizer. > > It is impossible to know which choice you have made, and I have to fDisk a > > hard drive to install Linux, and even the sighted assistance I have used > is > > not totally sure which drive is actually selected. > > But the strange thing is that when I was using an install program from a > > previous version of Linux, it spoke just fine with my synthesizer, but I > was > > unable to complete the install, as the install program did not match the > > ISO's. > > Perhaps it is the DECtalk synthesizer, and maybe we need to wait for > someone > > to re-compile the install program or the DECtalk portion of SpeakUp. > > But your start up line seems correct: > > Here is what works for me: > > text speakup_synth=dectlk > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Rew" <mark.rew at noaa.gov> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 1:13 PM > > Subject: correct keyboard selection. > > > > > > Hi group, > > > > Which keyboard do I need to select for RedHat version 8? I'm starting > > SpeakUp > > with the command: > > text speakup_synth=DTLK > > This command causes speakup to speak while I'm installing my Linux. But, > > I'm > > finding it difficult to know what menu selection I'm on, and I can not > even > > get into the fields for entering information such as IP address. I tried > > selecting the "speakup" keyboard. I saw there was another speakup > keyboard > > I > > think, "speakup lt." The hardware is a Pentium 2 CPU, and a Windows style > > keyboard. > > > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Mark Rew > > e-mail: mark.rew at noaa.gov > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
