Is this method assuming there is no operating system on the pc that will contain speakup or that something is installed? Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom and Esther Ward" <tward1978@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:01 AM Subject: Re: New > Hi, what you want to do is totally possible. The method I will explain below > is one I have used to install several versions of Red hat, and I am going to > assume Fedora supports this method as well. > System requirements: two computers, two nine pin female to 25 pin male > serial cables, a 25 pin to 25 pin female to female null modem, and a 25 pin > male to 25 pin female serial gender adapter, and either a dos or Window's > terminal software such as terraterm pro or commo. > I'm assuming you are using MS window's on a system so you will want to > download a free copy of terraterm pro and the Jaws scripts or Window Eyes > set files for terraterm. > Now, link all the cables, null modem, and adapter together, and plug each > end into com 1 on each computer. > Load your screen reader, install any sets or scripts that are needed, and > launch terraterm pro, and tell it to terminal to com1. > If your booting from cdrom insert your cd in the drive, start the computer, > and you will here it spin up. Enter this command from the computer where you > are installing Linux and not the one with the terminal software: > linux text console=ttyS0 > Then, press enter. > If booting from floppy you will here two or three cranks of the floppy, at > which point you enter the command from the installation computer: > linux text console=ttyS0 > After some time Jaws/Window Eyes should begin announcing text on the screen > and reading the installation to you. > At this point you go to the computer with the terraterm on it, and complete > the installation with some speech. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
