Jamews, You can install Gentoo using the 2007.0 live CD. It's using the old speakup so just type speakup_synth=xxxx or gentoo speakup_synth=xxxx at the boot prompt. Hth, Garrett James Homuth wrote: > I stand corrected, then. Question, though, regarding GRML. Do you have the > option of installing any variation of Linux, or is it limitted to Debian or > grml? I have a particular interest in a slightly less mainstream version of > Linux, specificly Gentoo, which is my primary reason for asking. Though > admittedly, a secondary reason to it is curiosity. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Michael Whapples > Sent: January 28, 2009 12:26 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: RE: speakup is nice > > You are wrong in believing that speakup requires a software synth to install > linux, have a look at the GRML distro (www.grml.org). GRML (I am always > referring to the full version of GRML when I say GRML, not GRML medium or > small which I will always specify if I am referring to these cut down > versions) I find is wonderful for those of us who want to use speakup on a > LiveCD without any hardware synth. To use GRML with software speech just > enter: > grml swspeak > at the boot prompt and then when you get the voice message saying booting > finished (I find it can say this a couple of seconds before booting really > has finished, so you may wish to just wait a few seconds) you just need to > enter the command: > swspeak > and you will have speakup with software speech output (providing your sound > card is detected correctly but this is a problem for any software synth > output, even orca can't solve that). If you want to install to hard disk > then you can use grml2hd or grml-debootstrap (grml-debootstrap is to install > debian instead of GRML). > > The computer I am using here has speakup with software speech output, it > also has gnome and orca installed and I did all this installation with > software speech (speakup for the install process). Also it is a laptop and I > can take it anywhere (with no other hardware) and use speakup or orca > without problems. > > I will admit distros including speakup with software speech output during > install are rare and this is why I like GRML so much, the ability to have > linux on CD which I can insert into any computer and use speakup with a > software synth. > > I will just explain one comment I made earlier. I said about use GRML full > version, this is because GRML medium and small do not include any > accessibility features (IE. no speakup or brltty). Only the full version > have the accessibility software. > > Hope this helps > > Michael Whapples > On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:15 -0500, James Homuth wrote: >> Not my impression at all. I am aware it can. However, not to install >> the software. And not to install Linux speakup-enabled. That requires >> a hardware synth for at least that process. Again, this is so far as >> I'm aware. Which is as said, the drawback to my already not having >> installed it at least until I can install a desktop interface. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Garrett Klein Visit me and my girlfriend's blog at http://garrettk17.dyndns.org
