Hi Janina: I can appreciate what you're saying about a hardware synthesizer. Have you seen any USB-based, Linux-compatible synthesizers yet? These days, USB ports are the most available real estate on boxes from manufacturers like Dell it seems. Thanks. Chris On Wed, 5 Jan 2005, Janina Sajka wrote: > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:03:55 -0500 > From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Subject: Re: newbie question... > > Hi, Laura: > > The installation HOWTO for the Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution is > at: > > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html > > However, you will not be able to install with software speech. And, if > you really want to admin your systems, I would highly advise you get a > hardware speech synth. The reason is that it will work even when your > system isn't working properly. Software speech, on the other hand, > requires your system to boot, and all your sound configurations to be > correct. > > I would look for a used synth on Ebay, or buy one of the currently > available synths from Access Solutions. But, I would get a hardware > synth. Am I repeating myself yet? <grin> Sorry about that. > > Laura Eaves writes: >> Hello -- I'm new to the list and am looking to get a new laptop on which i >> want to run linux with speakup. >> I am an experienced unix user, but switched to windows when my vision got to >> the point where i could not read the screen with screen mag any longer, and >> so i started using a windows screen reader. >> However now i understand there are quite good screen readers for linux, of >> which yasr, speakup, emacspeak and gnopernicus are recommended by various >> people. >> i want speakup as i want to administer my household linux box and so want >> control of the console as early in the boot process as possible. >> >> Ok, now after having read the blurbs on the speakup web pages, i have the >> following questions: >> >> I noticed one of the pages listed a project called Tuxtalk that was a >> minimal software synth compiled in with speakup in the kernel to eliminate >> the need for a hardware synth. However, the page was dated 2002 and the >> project wasn't finished. >> Since i don't have a hardware synth (yet anyway), is there currently a >> version of speakup that runs without a hardware synth? >> If so, what are the hardware requirements? i.e., sound card etc. >> >> Also, i noticed speakup works with a bunch of hardwaare synths and also most >> or all of the major linux implementations, but i couldn't find at first >> glance whether i needed to comppile the kernel myself or whether there were >> binaries available. >> could someone point me to a place for newbie linux-speakup installers to >> learn about hardware requirements and how to build and/or select and install >> the right version of linux with speakup? >> Can speakup with linux run well on a laptop? >> >> Thanks for any info on these topics! >> there is actually general interest among several people on another lisst -- >> and I have posted the address of this list for them to join if they want -- >> but if they don't id like to pass along any info I find out. >> Thanks in advance and happy new year! >> --le >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer Symantec Corporation 415-365-6199 voice 301 Howard Street, Suite 1800 415-348-9636 fax San Francisco, CA 94105
