yes please please do go ahead with the how to!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "David Bruzos" <david at bruzos.org> Cc: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:22 PM Subject: Re: writing spk howto (?) > Hi, > Go ahead with the software synth howto. > As you say the docs is a little outdated. > Do you have speakup running using software speech under fedora c2? > If so, I would like to have the details, howto or no howto. > Regards, Willem > > > On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, David Bruzos wrote: > >> >> Hello everyone: >> This is my first time posting to this mailing list. I have come here >> many times before to find info about Linux and >> Speakup. I have a running system largely due to the existence of this >> list. So, first, I like to thank the people that >> organize it and everyone involved in Speakup for their work. Kirk is the >> man! >> >> Last week I searched through the archives for hours to find out how to >> configure my software synth. I saw, among other >> things that there are no howtos for discribing this process and that most >> of the documentation is somewhat outdated. >> Anyway, it would have been much earier for me to setup software speech if >> there would have been an organized guide or >> howto, that explains how to do it... I am sure that this is no news to >> most people in this list! >> >> So, I figured that now that I know how to do it, I can put together such >> a document. In fact, I would like to >> contribute by doing this. I can not program well enough to improve >> speakup, but I could help out with the docs. I >> would like to write a general Linux/Speakup howto, but I can not promise >> that I can finish something like that any time >> soon. So, the software synth thing is a better short term goal. I am a >> full-time student at the University of North >> Florida and soon to be a Dad, so time might be a problem in the >> comming weeks... >> >> I would like to know what other mailing list members think about this. >> Are there some reasons why I should not do this? >> Are there other people working on a similar project? Anywthing is cool. >> Oh, I am also a Linux newbey, so I might ask >> simple questions sometimes... >> >> I am 23 years old and totally blind, so speakup is very important for me. >> I have been using Linux for about one year >> and used Windows/jfw before that. I started with Fedora Core 1 and now >> use >> Fedora Core 2 and Mandrake 10 as well. The reason for Mandrake is so >> that I can help my father when required... >> >> Thanx! >> >> David >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 ---------------------------------------- My Inbox is protected by SPAMfighter 51 spam mails have been blocked so far. Download free www.spamfighter.com today!
