Ned, I think some of what you want is in a message to this list on 24 February. I'll insert the relevant part of it. It helped me, once my speakers were connected correctly. On the grml.org site, there's a wiki link, and from that an accessibility link. I've generally found GRML documentation to be decent, although there sometimes seem to be gaps in it--gaps, at least, for somebody with my level of knowledge. Hope this helps. Al Here's the message excerpt: > Now, the question about the software speech. GRML comes with eflite > and flite. It works with speakup, and here's how you do it. > > You might need some sighted assistance, the first time, but I don't > think you will if you can hear the drive spin. > > first step: put the disk in and start the machine. The drive will > spin for a short time, then stop. > Second step: When the drive finishes its first short spin, you need to > enterthis: > grml swspeak > You need to be sure that you spell it right, or you will end up having > to reboot in order to try over. > third step: Listen for the sound to come up. It will not be loud, > because GRML only brings up the mixer setting for the alsa pcm device > to 75%. You will year the words: > finished activating software speakup, just run swspeak when booting > finished > You will know that you are successfully into the speech interface when > this happens. fourth step: When the boot sequence is almost finished, > you will hear the words: > > finished booting > > Now, enter swspeak and wait a while to see if you can hear the system > come up talking. You will need to do this: > fifth step: enter this: > > aumix -w 100 > > This will bring the sound all the way up. > > Now, if all went well, you should be ready to do something with it. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ned Granic" <ngranic@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 1:50 PM Subject: grml > Hi all, > > I checked and downloaded the grml from their site, but their documentation seems to be very unorganized and scattered all over the place. > SO my q is how to boot the cd with a software synth if there is one, and how to switch to a desktop that is supported by a software screen reader? > Or, at least, please point me to a good documentation place where all of these things are explained. > > Many thanks! > > Ned > _______________________________________________ > 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: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.9/719 - Release Date: 3/12/2007 8:41 AM > >
