Announcing ZipSpeak 7.1-1

[James Ruby]

Hi,

I tried to download this stuff and it did not work, the page could not be found.

so I went to the ftp site and looked for

/pub/slackware/slackware/zipspeak/

and it was not there.

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 22:14:05 -0500, Matthew Campbell wrote:

>ZipSpeak is a talking mini-distribution of Linux for blind and
>visually impaired people, based on the ZipSlack distribution and the
>Speakup screen reader.  ZipSpeak is designed to be easily installed on
>an existing MS-DOS or Windows system, so that the user can start using
>a talking Linux system with little difficulty and without help froms
>omeone who can see.
>
>ZipSpeak 7.1-1 features ZipSlack version 7.1 and Speakup version
>0.09a.  Speakup version 0.09 introduces new drivers for several speech
>synthesizers, including the Apollo 2, the Braille and Speak, and the
>DECtalk Express.  ZipSpeak 7.1-1 includes a new utility called
>speakupconfig which simplifies the customization of Speakup.  It also
>includes a modified configuration for the Lynx Web browser which makes
>it easier for blind people to use.  Finally, ZipSpeak now supports
>many keyboard layouts besides the U.S. layout, greatly improving its
>usability for international users.
>
>For more information, go to the ZipSpeak Web page at:
>
>http://www.linux-speakup.org/zipspeak.html
>
>-- 
>Matt Campbell <mattcamp at crosswinds.net>
>Web site:  http://www.crosswinds.net/~mattcamp/
>ICQ #:  33005941
>
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