It should...the purchased disks should be the same as what you download. On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 08:03:28PM -0500, Will Smith wrote: > > > I wonder if a purchased Ubantu 7.10 disc will include what is needed to > get speech wrking following these instructions? > > Will > wilsmith at iglou.com > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Lorenzo > Taylor wrote: > > > This one is pretty easy. <smile> > > > > To get Ubuntu talking, just wait until about 5 seconds after the CD > > starts spinning and press f5 followed by 3 and enter twice. This will > > give you complete access to a speaking Ubuntu Linux system complete with > > software speech via eSpeak. > > > > As for Oralux, it is now a dead project according to its developers. > > Ubuntu is the most accessible live CD with the exception of grml if you > > like the command line interface. Grml is the most accessible live CD for > > that whereas Ubuntu is the most accessible live CD for the GNOME > > desktop. > > > > HTH, > > Lorenzo > > There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed > > by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: > > his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the > > humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of > > feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt. -- > > Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Now, it we had this sort of thing: yield -a for yield to all traffic yield -t for yield to trucks yield -f for yield to people walking (yield foot) yield -d t* for yield on days starting with t ...you'd have a lot of dead people at intersections, and traffic jams you wouldn't believe... -- Discussion on the intuitiveness of commands