Hewlet Packard and Linux
Peter M. Konka
pmk5485 at concentric.net
Mon Aug 27 18:02:34 EDT 2001
Hi,
One thing that i learned this past weekend is that ther Linux can
use something called Emac Speak with VM voice or something close to
that. What I like about this is that Emac Speak uses Elequence and i can
use my sound card instead of plugging in some other external device.
I'm not actually sure how this works as of yet, but i do know some
what about it, and from what I hear I think that i will enjoy linux and the
emac speak.
Now, I am sighted, but my eyes get very tired after staring at the
computer screen all day, so i do know that speech will help me out a lot.
--- peter.
At 09:03 AM 8/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, I couldn't agree with you more. Linux is finally allowing me to
>truely have my own personal computer. I still haven't got everything
>set up the way I want, but I only have to take the time to set things up,
>instead of spending money and hoping my screen reader will work with the
>software. Windows was costing me about $100 per year per screen reader.
>
> Kenny
>
>On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 01:32:05AM -0500, Rodney Clowdus wrote:
> > Could not agree with you more. In the real world there are mechanics who
> > love the joy of building a fine running engine and getting under the hood
> > to fine tune it. Then there are most people who could care less what's
> > under the hood as long as it's pretty, it runs and gets them from point a
> > to point b. Likewise with Linux. There are those who love to write
> > software without restraints and those who love to configure that software
> > to their style and taste. That's the beauty of Linux and the thousands of
> > text based programs. Yes every text based program has to be learned and
> > configured but that's the fun of it. A blind person can configure Linux
> > however he pleases and yes it's a greasy job but at least we'll know how
> > to make it run like we want it and not like somebody else tells us how it
> > should be.
> > I'm learning the ropes of alsaplayer, freeamp, alsamixer, pmidi, play,
> > sfxload, etc: I'm also learning about the many powerful features of the
> > Sound Blaster Live card. I'm able to do things I could never do in
> > Winblows or a stereo player. I can configure these command line programs
> > to play whatever songs I want to hear. I can name my files whatever I
> > want to allow for better archiving for easier retrieving. For example I
> > just figured out a few minutes ago that I can save my irish bagpipe .mp3
> > files by adding an extra extension to the end of .mp3 like for example a
> > song named < sailer's lament.mp3.bp > I added an .bp at the end of .mp3
> > so that when I want to play all my bagpipe mp3 files which may be in my
> > music directory I just simply type freeamp *.mp3.bp and bingo all my
> > bagpipe songs will play until all of the files with the extension bp at
> > the end of .mp3 are finished playing! Now that's the joy of Linux! Linux
> > allows me to listen to music in a way that's virtually impossible using
> > Windblows or a fancy expensive stereo equipment.
> > I just thought of another idea while I'm typing and that's the another
> > beauty about Linux if you can think it you can do it. Suppose you have
> > your favorite country music among others. Just add fc to the end of the
> > mp3 extension and you can create a script that runs freeamp that allows
> > you just to type myfavoritecountrymusic and bingo all your favorite
> > country music starts up! The possiblity are endless and that's why it's
> > hard to find a pre-configured Linux box to do everything like you want it
> > because every Linux box is probably configured to that person's taste.
> > We are a Linux community and we share our configurations and ideas with
> > others. It's all about sharing. We will never need the commercialized
> > version of Linux to fit our needs. The blind linux community has all the
> > tools we need to share and to explore the endless possiblities. We have
> > the tools to make the best speech interface computer this world has yet to
> > see. We are just getting started. We have not yet begun to fight. And in
> > accordance to a famous line "Give me liberty or give me death!" "Give me
> > Linux or give me Windows!" Take your pick. <grin>
> > Rodney
> > The Weaving Beaver
> > rclowdus at kcnet.com
> > "Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice."
> > "Weave your own cloth and it will reward you twice."
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> >
> > > Linux is not a comercial product
> > > in the way that macroslop windows is.
> > > So, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
> > > There will always have to be a text console on a system, and you can
> edit init scripts
> > > to provent xwindows from starting up.
> > > Greg
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:33:46PM -0400, Charles Crawford wrote:
> > > > Liz,
> > > >
> > > > I think you are wise to get ahead of the game by doing the
> stuff
> > > > Linux can do without the heartaches of configure configure
> configure. If
> > > > Linux is to make the mainstream or at least a brook, then it has to
> work
> > > > for the average person without too much of the configuring
> issues. I know,
> > > > its kind of plug and play, but why not have our cake and eat it
> too? We
> > > > get the ease of setup and the power of Linux. What's not to
> like? Smile.
> > > >
> > > > My bigger concern is the Xwindows problem of a repeat of what
> > > > Windows did to DOS.
> > > >
> > > > -- Charlie.
> > > > At 04:12 PM 08/24/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >>"no market," but the radical truth is more like "We haven't a
> > > > >>clue of how to get money for it."
> > > > >
> > > > >Forgive a comment from an extreme newbie who doesn't even *have*
> Linux yet.
> > > > >
> > > > >I've been looking at the companies who make Linux preinstalled systems
> > > > >(there's a long list at linux.org), and they seem to have some kind of
> > > > >market niche because some of them use hardware that has been
> tested and is
> > > > >known to be Linux-compatible. With the Windoze dominance of the
> entire
> > > > >computing market, it's attractive to me to buy a system whose
> components
> > > > >are known to be compatible with Linux. It seems better than ordering
> > > > >elsewhere and not being sure the different parts of the system
> will work
> > > > >well with Linux.
> > > > >
> > > > >any comments or thoughts?
> > > > >
> > > > >Liz
> > > > >Liz Hare, Ph.D.
> > > > >Research Associate
> > > > >Animal Breeding and Genetics Group
> > > > >B47 Morrison Hall
> > > > >Cornell University
> > > > >Ithaca, NY 14853
> > > > >(607) 255 2380
> > > > >eh51 at cornell.edu
> > > > >
> > > > >
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