FreeTTS sounds decent enough, imho. However, it can be a bit of a cludge to get it installed and correctly configured. But, the price is right! <grin> Darragh writes: > From: "Darragh" <lists at digitaldarragh.com> > > Hello, > As always, you're a welth of information. Thanks. > Yes, I was refairing to Mozilla but, I couldn't think of the name. I'll > probably get comfortable with the basics for a while before trying any > of that. > > Does any one know what freetts is like with gnopernicus? I don't think > its usable with speakup yet is it? > > Darragh > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: 08 November 2003 23:59 > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Fedora, Good Newby howtos, mailing lists and downloads > > > Darragh writes: > > > > I've being waiting for the release of Fedora 1.0 since early October > > as I was told by numerous people that it would have gnopernicus pree > > configured. Now that the speakup modified version is up I'm just > > dying to download it and have a good root around. > > > > However, I'm going to try to do the sensible thing first and spend the > > > first few days reading up on installation howtos and FAQ's. Can any > > one suggest a few? > > Until we get the new installation HOWTO up, you may as well study the > current HOWTO for Red Hat 9. It's going to be very nearly the same: > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html > > > > > I'm hoping to set up the following: > > Fedora 1.0 with speakup. > As of the moment, there's only a minor modification from how this is > done with Red Hat 9. > > > Gnome with the Gnopernicus screen reader. > If you select "everything," as the HOWTO has always recommended, you'll > get this without extra effort. > > > Some of the Gnopernicus supported applications. > I'm not sure what you're referring to, of course. But, if you're > referring to Mozilla and OpenOffice you're still very much on your own. > There is no single doc that I'm aware of that takes you through this in > the Fedora context. > > > > Emacspeak > > W3. > > Vm. > You're on your own for this, as you have been with Red Hat through many > generations of Red Hat releases. The Emacspeak shipped in Fedora Cora is > version 17.0, whereas 18.0-1 is current. > > > I'm also hoping to use FTP to connect to the laptop which is running > > win 2000. I have a linksys router which can act as a dhcp server as > > well. They all connect with no problems in windows. > If your LinkSys is serving up ip addresses, Linux can certainly accept > the assignment easily enough. There's no particular magic to using ftp > outbound from Linux, but your host has to be running an ftp server, of > course. > > I would wager networking works far more easily and reliably on Linux--at > least in my experience. > > > > Methinks thou hast best inquire of "they" directly. I don't speak for > "they," whoever that might be. > > > Oh, just one more thing, what do they mean by pree configured? Thati > > sounds like a simpol question, feel free to laugh at my lack of > > experience. > > > > Any suggestions very welcome > > > > > > Darragh > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka > Email: janina at rednote.net > Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Director, Technology Research and Development > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > http://www.afb.org > > Chair, Accessibility Work Group > Free Standards Group > http://accessibility.freestandards.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 -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
