Oops. I goofed. The Speakup Modified can be installed over telnet. It's the stock Fedora Core that can't be installed that way. Janina Sajka writes: > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
