Hi, thanks for that Michael, though it is worth mentioning, that the kernel on the "image for linux" boot cd, does *not* contain any soundcard support, so unfortunately, software speech is not possible. Marcel -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gaijin" <gaijin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:01 PM To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Subject: Re: image for windows or linux > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 08:08:15AM -0700, Butch Bussen wrote: >> I just downloaded the latest terabyte programs, and I remember >> reading some where a while back that they have a way to make their >> Linux version speak. Was that on this list? > > This is one of the mailing lists for a screen reader called > Speakup, which pretty-much gives you text console access to linux from > startup to shutdown, if you have a hardware speech synthesizer, or from > login prompt to shutdown if not. Until configuration files are manually > updated to include SpeakUP, it can be started from the boot loader with > a simple text command: speakup.synth=<synthesizer driver> Usually the > synthesizer driver is a 4 character name like "ltlk" or "soft", which > loads in support for the LiteTalk hardware synthesizer, or the software > synthesizer, respectively. The linux CD will usually have instructions > for booting Linux with SpeakUP support in the documentation directory, > which may be viewed with any working computer system. > > Booting the software synthesizer is a little bit more involved. > Not only do you have to load the driver, you also have to start a > software synthesis engine after logging in. This can all be automated > for the future, though. > > Some distributions (distros) contain SpeakUP support, and some > do not. Some of the more popular linux flavors include GRML vinux, > Debian, and Ubuntu to name a few. Their CD images can be downloaded > from their websites and burned to CD. Once that's accomplished, you can > put the CD in the drive, read the usual slew of help textfiles on how to > boot and or install the system, and go from there. HTH, > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
