Yes, an installation with software speech is certainly unlikely. Unfortunately, the current Speakup Modified can't install via telnet, either. We've filed the bug, but it isn't yet fixed. I see two concerns here: 1.) What's the shortest path to a working system in the particular instance? 2.) What's the correct long-term solution? The answer to #1 may be "use sighted assistance." Clearly, we have better answers for #2, but they will take longer. Gregory Nowak writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Software speech is fine for general use, but, how would people do the > installation? After all, not all distros support installing via ssh or > telnet, and as we've seen in recent threads here, not all networking > hardware works right out of the box to start with. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 09:38:32PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > Frankly, I would just go with software speech--especially if you have a > > decent audio system on that laptop and are able to play other audio > > while getting software speech. > > > > To my mind any kind of attachment on a laptop is a nuisance, whether its > > a serial cable to an external synth, or a pcmcia card plus the cable and > > the hw synth, or a usb cable and synth for that matter. I believe > > laptops are more easily used without extra appendages hanging off every > > port. > > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBhagt7s9z/XlyUyARAjDiAJwPK3H6kyYoWQ/0A1k7Bm9FXVhDyQCgzSE3 > WbQuBh2f/GhmJ8+Tl4Uonv4= > =7jGX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
