Cris, I tried this. I am now actually reading the user manual for speakup. However I still have not gotten it figured out. I will take any suggestions that anyone may have. Thanks. Scott -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Chris Norman Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 3:15 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: live Ubuntu cd with Orca From: "Scott Ford" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 1:23 AM Subject: RE: live Ubuntu cd with Orca > Chris, > When the cd stops its initial spin, press f5, then pres 3, then press > enter. This will start the screen reader right after ubuntu starts > up. There is a great help site that outlines this much better then I > am doing. Now that it is installed on my hard drive the screenreader > starts automaticly. My login is not voiced. However the ubuntu > startup sound clues me into when to enter my username and password. I > will look for that site and post it later if I find it. Now I have a > question. How do I initialize speakup in ubuntu when I am in a > terminal session? I would like to use the festival software synth > that should already be active, I think? Do you have speech-dispatcher and speechd-up? Wouldn't you just: modprobe speakup_sftsyn; speech-dispatcher -d; speechd-up -d ? HTH. _______________________________________________ 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 Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: 11/23/2006
