Hello, I find speakup first mentioned in Slackware 8.0, released on Thu Jun 28 15:36:05 PDT 2001. Two kernels with a speakup driver were then shipped in Slackware: One labeled speakup.s for SCSI disks One labeled speakup.i for IDE disks Documentation was also provided, written by Saqib Shaikh: Installing Slackware Linux With Speakup: http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware-8.0/SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT The Speakup Tutorial: http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware-8.0/SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT Now things are simpler, just boot the installer after having included in the boot command line: speakup_synth=<hard synthesizer> when installing Slackware or Slint. else espeakup starts by default using the soft synthesizer (on Slint, Debian, talking Arch, etc.) So, thanks to the speakup developers! Best, Didier On 01/04/2019 13:00, Georgina Joyce wrote: > Hello Janina, > > I’m not sure if what you say is quite true. Yes for many distros we had to compile our own kernel. However, remember Slackware V4 had speakup included. I a m sure I was using Slackware V4 in 1999 talking to Kirk etc on speak freely. > > Oh, those days of innocence! > > Gena >> On 1 Apr 2019, at 10:25, Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> 2.) This was often necessary because one had to compile one's own >> kernel in the early days of Speakup, starting with a download of kernel >> and speakup source, followed by the proper patch command, followed by >> the make config. There were no prepackaged kernels with Speakup until >> the early 2000's. >> > > Gena > > Call: M0EBP > DMR ID: 2346259 > Loc: IO83PS > 73 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
