Yes, I like grml for this kind of work, and for rescuing trashed systems. My working grml is currently a usb stick. Janina Gregory Nowak writes: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina at rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
