You won't need to compile a kernel. We'll have rpms of those at the Speakup Modified. You can download Fedora 7 from any Fedora mirror site once they're released later this week. There are many mirrors. Check http://fedora.redhat.com. Janina Michael Weaver writes: > Hi! > Thanks for your message as regards Speakup and Fedora. > If I am going to be getting the non-modified Fedora when it is > released what is the URL for it and is it simple to add Speakup to it > particularly as I might be having to try to guide one Fedora user in > her early to late twenties as to how to go about compiling Speakup or > whatever for me, I am 29 myself and she runs rings around me despite > the something like 9 or a fewer less years junior age gap. > I may need to wait until next Monday when I attend the Huddersfield > group as I may see Libbie one of those who can help me with it this > Wednesday at the Birstall group if there is one on this Wednesday and > she doesn't always attend the Huddersfield one although there maybe > other Fedora users in the group who often attend both groups. > The other thing is Libbie or some of the others may not have as much > knowledge about speech access as me as they don't have to use Linux > screenreaders although Ben is taking an interest in the accessibility > side but any help would be welcome. > > On 27/05/07, Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> wrote: > > You can use software speech with Speakup on Fedora. However, I would > > advise you to wait for the forthcoming release of Fedora 7. It's due out > > later this week. Since you're not installing it yourself, there's no > > particular reason to favor the Speakup Modified at this particular time. > > > > Janina > > > > Michael Weaver writes: > > > I am thinking of switching from Ubuntu to Fedora as I am concerned > > > Graphical Web browsing is still in its early stages and maty need > > > Speakup if I want any kind of access to web pages as I am still a fair > > > newby to Linux. > > > I have downloaded the Speakup modified Fedora but what I would like to > > > know is can I use software speech if I install it without a hardware > > > synthesiser? > > > I know to do an eyes free installation and get all the bennifits of > > > bootup and shut down messages it requires a hardware synth but if I > > > don't have one or in my case I have lost what goes into the COM 2 port > > > or whatever it is called in Linux, can I still run Speakup if I get > > > the modified Fedora installed by a Sighted person ie if someone at one > > > of the LUGs I attend installs it for me? > > > I ask because this week I might be attending a meeting in Birstall > > > which is where one of the LUGs I attend is. I text someone who uses > > > Fedora with my questions but she might be busy as she still hasn't got > > > back to me on my latest messages and not being Visually Impaired she > > > might not know the answer anyway as she mo9stly uses the KDE > > > environment. > > > Hope someone can answer my question about the modified Fedora as I > > > tried to run Lynx with Orca from the Gnome terminal but I had problems > > > tracking the text on pages as it seems to repeat lines so far down > > > pages so it tries to read other stuff it has already read and I didn't > > > have much luck with w3m as the hotkeys don't seem to be verry clear or > > > they are assigned for a Japaneese rather than UK keyboard and I seemed > > > unable to enter forms using it because when I typed in the text field > > > it tried to activate commands. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and > > Canada > > Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com > > > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org > > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at a11y.org Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
