Thanks for the info but ZipSpeak can still be downloaded from ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/slackware/zipspeak/ May i ask what problems ZipSpeakUp has and if the methodof using ZipSlack then dropping the zipspeakUp kerrnel in reduces these problems? Thanks in advance, Nigel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2003 7:44 PM Subject: Re: Speak Freely Newbie > Zipspeak is no longer being maintained, and has some problems with it, > but you should still be able to grab zipslack, drop the speakup.i for > ide hardware, or speakup.s for scsi hardware kernel into it, and have > it working. > > Greg > > > On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 03:19:58PM +0100, Stoppard wrote: > > Hi Jhon, > > Thanks for the info. I hope i have turned off HTML for this list under > > adding new contact in OE 5.5. > > > > I know Zipspeak is not maintained but since it can still be downloaded i > > guess it can still be used? > > I have not heared of either of the two you mentioned. I liked zipspeak as i > > did not have to repartition my hard drive on my only working computer. > > > > Thought i would try the mailing list first, i have had a look at the > > reflector home page and it says the most recent version is the first one in > > a while that is again compatible with Windows to Linux systems. I notice on > > the Speakup web site there are two different address to point the reflector > > to, is there a better one to use? Espsherly since speakfreely should work > > with both? > > > > Thanks very much, > > Nigel > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup