how did you get the screen to work with vmware? just curious. I had trouble getting the full screen to show up so I could install the thing thanks hank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Murphy" <smmail@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:02 AM Subject: Re: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso > Hi Shane. > > I have installed your ISO on a laptop under VMWare and it worked. Since I > am very new to Speakup, there was a lot of commands that I didn't know at > the time. Now I have done some homework and are starting to learn the > commands. > > > Sean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shane Wegner" <shane-keyword-speakup.aca783 at cm.nu> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:50 PM > Subject: [announce] Debian Sarge SpeakUp iso > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
