I'll second that, I just tried to install Fedora using a BrailleNote as a KeyNote PC, and although it came up with no errors, there was no speach, and no braille worked either, just thought it would be worth a try, but nothing was coming out of the serial port. Cheers, Chris Norman. <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Hatch" <bhatch200@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: RE: Braillenote PK and Linux > Hello Guy, > > I've successfully installed both Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux using > Brltty with the BrailleNote as a Braille display. Unfortunately, unless > things have changed, the current version of Speakup doesn't work with the > Keynote synthesizer. If Speakup could be made to work with this, you > could > use the BrailleNote's synthesizer as it emulates the Keynote. I believe > someone on this list got the Keynote to work, but I'm not exactly sure how > that was done. Perhaps someone with more knowledge then myself can > enlighten all of us.<smile> > > Best Regards, > > Beth > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Guy Schlosser > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:04 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Braillenote PK and Linux > > Hi all: > > I've been away for a while due to work, but got a question. I was running > Linux on an Athlon 1.3 GHZ processor, but have now migrated to a P4 3.0 > GHZ. > I want to install Linux on my new system, but don't have any ISA slots for > my doubletalk. I do however have a braillenote PK. Can I use that as a > synth in Linux? If so, can someone give me some advice or point me toward > any howtos? I'm thinking about installing Fedora or possibly Debbian. > Probably will stick with Fedora though, since that's what I was running > before and it ran pretty flawlessly. Any help in this matter would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > Guy > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.6/59 - Release Date: 7/27/2005 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 22/07/2005 > >
