Zipspeak Site Unavailable

[Janina Sajka]

Hi:

Tomorrow, Friday, is the last day for this particular conference. So, it
won't be zipspeak based on Slackware 8. The good news is that I did get
the current zipspeak release from psu.edu thanks to Frank, and am now
downloading the files from my office server. So, we will have zipspeak to
share with people who need to get into linux first by getting their toes
wet, as opposed to diving inhto a full install.

 On Thu, 5 Jul 2001, Saqib
Shaikh wrote:

> As of the first of july I, Saqib Shaikh, am the new maintainer of ZipSpeak.
> Unfortunately I haven't got very far. This is because since the first,
> Sunday, the Slackware site has been inaccessible. The maximum number of
> users allowed to log on is 500, and every time I visit, any time of the day,
> it says that 500 people are already logged on. The UK mirrors, or even the
> German/Danish/any other country mirrors aren't up to date, presumabley
> because the mirrorbots can't log onto the site either. Once the rush for
> Slackware 8.0 has died down I will be downloading ZipSlack 8.0 and soon
> after that be releasing ZipSpeak 8.0. If anyone has the slackware CDs and
> would like to post them to me I'd be greatful. Janena, when is the
> conference at which you wish to ddemonstrate ZipSpeak? Finally, In ZipSpeak
> 8.0 I would like to have Emacspeak and Speakup both present, as I feel the
> combination is better than just one. Any ideas?
> Will post more info when available.
> Saqib
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:44 PM
> Subject: Zipspeak Site Unavailable
>
>
> > The site ftp.slackware.com has been down since at least yesterday. I have
> > been trying to download a current zipspeak distribution in order to give
> > it out to several interested folks here at the American Council of the
> > Blind convention in Des Moines, Iowa. Is there another location to get
> > this file from? Thanks to anyone who can help.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka, Director
> > Technology Research and Development
> > Governmental Relations Group
> > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
> > Chair, Accessibility SIG
> > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
> > http://www.openebook.org
> >
> > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
> > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html
> >
> > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
> > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
> > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp
> >
> > Learn how to make accessible software at
> http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org

Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html

Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp

Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html