Hi Glen: I tried purchasing eloquence and got a key code, but, the install file packages were corrupted. Can you recommend a fix? I tried contacting the one I urchased from but they never got back to me. On 7/8/09, Glenn Ervin <GlennErvin at cableone.net> wrote: > 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 at gmail.com> > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
