You can use its RS 232C port with Speakup. W. Nick Dotson writes: > I've one of the USB/Serial DEC Expresses. It's a bit squirely on keying in Windows, and I haven't a clue as to whether or not they have Linux drivers, but > perhaps when this flu mellows out enough for me to sit up for more than 10 minutes at a time, I'll check it out. (grin) > > Nick > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:21:16 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Chris Gray wrote: > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.
