Kenny Hitt writes: > I just noticed I wasn't clear on one point. I doubt you can get software > speech working > on the live CD. You will have no trouble getting software speech working > after you install. > Since the install is gtk based, speakup won't help you do the initial > install, but the installer works with Orca. Talk about Catch 22. I can't think of a more critical time to need full feedback than during an installation. The only other time that is similarly critical is when something goes wrong and the system may be partially disabled. I have rescued partly-dead linux systems with serial consoles that I had accidentally killed by messing up lilo or grub and that's when you need all the help you can get. One time, I did something stupid to lilo and had to use a copy of the tomsrtbt floppy configured for serial console to get it back. Since I could make the toms disk work, the fix wasn't too much of a problem. If that hadn't worked, I would have had to either reinstall Linux or have somebody look at the screen, both of which I think are an admission of defeat, said with a bit of a smile. Martin McCormick
