Hi Sean: Thanks for the links and the alsa-project site is fascinating, even a little overwhelming at first. I've got lots to learn. I plan to use a sound card for recording both voice and music, sound editing, and as my synthesizer, at least for now. I'll be using brltty for a serial braille display so am not necessarily as concerned as others might be about when speech kicks in, but I do want some speech. I could easily go out and buy an SB Live, but decided to ask around a bit and see if something new and intriguing might be available. My Sound Blaster card used under Windows is pretty old, but I must say, it's midi is pathetic and the sound can be a bit hissy and sibilant! Even improving that would be nice, especially for things I wish to broadcast and/or edit. Chris On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Sean McMahon wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:30:21 -0700 > From: Sean McMahon <smcmahon at usgs.gov> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Subject: Re: Sound Card Suggestions > > running modconf will show you all the soundcards that you can load if you have > the official debian speakup kernel. WHat kind of sound card do you want to > have? If you use alsa, what works and what doesn't work or is not yet tested > yet but may work is pretty well documented at alsa-project.org > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Gray" <christopher_gray at symantec.com> > To: "Speakup screen review list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:34 AM > Subject: Sound Card Suggestions > > >> Hi List Members: >> >> I'd like to get an idea of what Linux users prefer for a sound card. >> Are people primarily using SB Live cards on Pentium-based boxes or are >> there other cool alternatives that should be considered in Linux? I'm >> running a Dell server with no onboard sound under Debian. >> >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> >> 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 > -- Chris Gray, Sr. Technical Writer Symantec Corporation 415-365-6199 voice 301 Howard Street, Suite 1800 415-348-9636 fax San Francisco, CA 94105
