Hi Laura, So a brand new dec talk hardware synth is available from the company (DEC) itself? How much money, if you don't mind? I have identical problem. At school they are not sure how to deal with accessible Linux for me so they were wondering do I have a laptop (I don't) but I was eager to buy one if it is up to the task. I'll be watching very closely answers on this one! thanks for raising the question. Ned ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 6:18 PM Subject: new hardware > Hello -- > I just got my new DecTalk in the mail today -- wasn't going to get a > hardware synth, but from the posts on this list, I deecided it would be a > good idea. > Anyway, now I need a machine and would like to get a laptop if possible, but > wanted to get recommendations first. > Is it hard to run linux on a laptop? Are there any added complexities > running it with speakup? > What about drivers for the particular hardware? If you aren't able to > connect to the net wethout a driver, I assume the driver has to be > downloaded on another pc and transfered by CD or floppy, but does it have to > be compiled for linux, or is that below the OS level so that it will run > with any OS? > Sorry for the dumb questions, but I am a relative newbie on administrative > issues. > Thanks in advance. > --le > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
