Hi. As far as systemrescuecd goes, all you would probably need to do is to include sound modules in the kernel, and install espeakup/alsa-utils like Kyle already said. Systemrescuecd is gentoo-based. There is a chapter on customizing systemrescuecd in the systemrescuecd manual: http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_personalize_SystemRescueCd It's unfortunate that we don't have software speech in systemrescuecd. Francois insists that including sound modules and alsa-utils would make the iso too big, and he wants to keep it to a minimum. Since grml does what I need it to do so far, I've switched to using that on systems without serial ports, and haven't considered forking systemrescuecd, since I personally had no need to do so. Hope that helps somewhat. Greg On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 04:43:23PM -0500, Techswing33 wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wanting to use Speakup/Espeakup to enable speech in what are for > me now inaccessible circumstances. > > The first is when using a distro for secure wiping a hard disk called > Derick's Boot and Nuke, DBAN. I've got a bunch of drives in both > personal and professional capacity that I need to securely erase prior > to sending them out. > > The second circumstance is to enable speech on a distro called System > Rescue CD, for doing low level tasks on various Linux and Windows > boxes, resetting or clearing passwords, backing up partition > configurations, comes immediately to mind. > > I'd like to remaster both of these distros, DBAN, and System Rescue > CD, with Speakup included. My emphasis will be software speech with > espeakup because I do not have a hardware synthesizer, so integrating > audio support would also be essential. > > If anyone has done this i'd appreciate any help/pointers. > > Thanks. > Dave. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org
