Speakup seems to be ok on archs other then x86...I've had it running on both Sparc and Pa-Risc systems without modifications, and there have been reports of it liking Alpha also. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 06:02:02PM -0700, Littlefield, Tyler wrote: > I think you are a bit to optomistic. Because speakup works on Debian or > arch doesn't mean that it'll work on arm. It's a different architecture. > Just figured I'd throw that out there. > On 2/20/2012 5:52 PM, Kyle wrote: > >From the website: > > > >What Linux distros will be supported at launch? > > > >Fedora, Debian and ArchLinux will be supported from the start. We hope > >to see support from other distros later. (Because of issues with newer > >releases of Ubuntu and the ARM processor we are using, Ubuntu can?t > >commit to support Raspberry Pi at the moment.) You will be able to > >download distro images from us as soon as the Raspberry Pi is > >released, and we will also be selling pre-loaded SD cards shortly > >after release. > > > >So if Arch and Debian are supported, Speakup modules or kernels > >compiled with Speakup should run without issues. Some software speech > >synthesizers may have memory issues, but eSpeak is sure to run, as it > >has an extremely low memory requirement. > > > >On a side note, I really want one of these things , and will likely > >purchase one once the cases are available. Then I can try to get > >Talking Arch running on it. I also wonder how easy it would be to get > >bluetooth running on something like this. It looks like it would pair > >well with a bluetooth keyboard and become a nice little portable > >computer. This looks more and more like a fun little project to work > >on for very little money. And with the right software, it will work > >better than most of those notetaker thingies that still cost 100 times > >as much as this baby, and that some people still buy for some reason. > >Smile. > >~Kyle > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > > Take care, > Ty > Web: http://tds-solutions.net > The Aspen project: a light-weight barebones mud engine > http://code.google.com/p/aspenmud > > Sent from my toaster. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
