A ZipSpeak Question

[Janina Sajka]

Thanks, Jim. 

I will advise my friends to get busy! <grin>

				Janina

PS: They love their unix shell, so how could they not love Linux?

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jim Wantz wrote:

> Hi Janina,
> I'm not Matt, but the earlier version of zipspeak definitely does work on
> a SCSI system.  I have it working on a machine at work.  In my case the
> root file system is on /dev/sda1.
> 
>      Jim
> P.s.  If anybody wants to do some Linux training this seems an excellent
> place to begin!
> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > Hi, Matt:
> > 
> > I'm presuming that ZipSpeak only supports eide and not scsi. Is this
> > correct?
> > 
> > I'm asking on behalf of an interested friend and colleague who has a
> > scsi system.
> > 
> > 				Janina
> > On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, 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
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > 				Janina Sajka, Director
> > 				Information Systems Research & Development
> > 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > 
> > janina at afb.net
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Information Systems Research & Development
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

janina at afb.net