Hi Joseph, I like Ubuntu at: http://www.ubuntu.com/ On the computers I actually install it, I use the eloquence synth, A K A, via voice. But it works well as a live CD. To get it to speak when you boot up, after the disk spins up, do the following: Press enter for English Then press F5 for Accessibility features Then press the letter 3 for synthetic speech Then press enter twice, and it will come up talking. HTH. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Norton" <joseph.norton@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:29 PM Subject: Trying to come back? Hi All: It's been a rough year or two!--not all of it, but, enough! To briefly update: I went out of circulation because of a house fire suffered in December 2007. I lost my computers, most of my software, my 3 hardware synths and most of everything else. On the good side, I escaped alive and physically intact. I have also gotten married and have a beautiful wife and a 4-year-old step daughter. So, again, not all bad news. We are in new quarters and I have acquired a donated HP computer which seems to be capable of running Linux. Unfortunately, I do not have access to a hardware synth. I saw on blindcooltech that there is a small distro called "GRML". I have successfully downloaded and installed it on my HD. It does work, but, I probably need some assistance to do more with it--if this is even possible. Can I install or build a more robust systtem starting with GRML? In particular, can I get a better software synth than the robotic british one that ships with GRML? Since it's based on Debian, can I install Debian packages over it? Or, are there other alternatives for installing Linux with only software synth available? Any help would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.12780 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.1.441) Database version: 6.12780 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/
