cool. I'll have to download this. On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 08:50:45PM -0800, Shane Wegner wrote: > Hi, > > I have created a Debian Sarge (testing) netinst iso which > is Speakup enabled. I have tested it myself and > successfully installed Debian Sarge using this method. > > The iso and md5 checksum is available here > http://people.debian.org/~shane/netinst-speakup/ > > A few things of note if you are interested in testing this. > First, this is by default a regular Debian netinst install > CD, in order to enable speakup, you need to type something > similar to the following at the boot prompt > speakup speakup_synth=txprt > > Replace speakup_synth with the speakup synthesizer code of > your synth. Users with an Accent SA need not use a > speakup_synth parameter as it is the default. In this > case, simply typing speakup is sufficient. > > One gotcha I have found so far is by default, the kernel > installed on the target system in the base system > installation is not SpeakUp enabled. So, though the > installation itself will talk, once the system is rebooted > and Linux boots, there is no sspeech. Further, d-i doesn't > prompt you to choose a kernel by default. To get around > this, use the following at the initial boot prompt > speakup DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium speakup_synth=xxxxxx > Near the end of the installing, you will be prompted for > the kernel to install, uparrow to the one with speakup in > its name as opposed to 386 and you should have a talking > system out of the box. > > I am interested in any bugreports related to the speakup > integration aspect of this CD especially with systems on > which I haven't tested it such as laptops. > > Shane > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
