Me too! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bear in SFO" <bearsfo@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:40 PM Subject: Re: Hello & a question Let me piggy-back on this one: anyone aware of an accessible version of Linux that runs on Macs? I have this 6400 that runs on a 604ev (or something like that) and it is just sitting in a corner... Thanks --David At 08:18 PM 3/6/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Hello List, >I just joined the list and thought 'd introduce myself. I'm a programmer >working at a cardiology research center at the University of Utah. We >mostly use Macs, but I also use JAWS under Windows 98. Since the >underpinnings of MAC OS X is Linux, I thought I'd try installing a PC >version and see if I can get a headstart on the learning curve for OS X. > >I currently have EMACSSpeak running under Red Hat 8.0 on a 1.4 mHtz machine >with 256 Mb of RAM and 20 Gb devoted to Linux. I would now like to install >Speakup. Yes, I now realize this is kind of backwards, but we live and >learn. > From looking at the Speakup FAQ's, it looks like I should buy the Double >Talk external speech synthesizer. It seems to be the best (and least >expensive!) way for me to go. >Is this a good choice? Are there any better solutions? Will this >synthesizer block me from other options (like GNOME) that are under >development? >Thanks, >Marshall >-- >Marshall F. Scott >University of Utah >CVRTI >95 South 2000 East >Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5000 >Phone: (801) 587-9523 >FAX: (801) 581-3128 >Cellular: (801) 232-5316 > > > >_______________________________________________ >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
