FAQ gally2: Miscellaneous

[Gregory Nowak]

I think that for a newby a once written 
batch file would be the ticket.
Greg


On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 12:52:48PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> A few minor points:
> 
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Ann Parsons wrote:
> 
> > The document below is designed to answer the most frequently asked
> > questions about Speakup, the  screen reader/speech access system for
> > the Linux Operating System, used by people who are blind.
> I think we mean that speakup is used by people who are blind, not linux
> the operating system. In other words, linux isn't for blind people,
> speakup is.
> 
> > This
> > software is primarily developed and maintained by Kirk Reiser
> 
> What software? Linux? One could think that because it's the last software
> mentioned, so correct grammar suggests that "this" means linux, whereas we
> know it really means speakup. Better to just say "speakup."
> > Speakup gives you full access
> > to all console programs in the Linux OS.
> True, but many people, even people very good at using Windows, will not
> understand this because they've not encountered the concept of "consoles."
> Better to say "character based," or better still "text-based." Examples
> like pine and lynx would help illustrate the point.
> 
> > A.  At the moment, Speakup supports only hardware synthesizers.  Here
> > is a list of what is currently supported.
> >
> > Accent PC: acntpc
> > Accent SA: acntsa
> > Apolo: apolo
> > Audapter: audptr
> > Braille 'n Speak, and other such Blazie products: bns
> > DecTalk External (older model): decext
> > DecTalk PC (newer model): dectlk
> > DoubleTalk PC (internal): dtlk
> > LiteTalk/DoubleTalk LT (external): ltlk
> > Speakout: spkout
> > Transport: txprt
> > This list is current as of speakup version 0.10.
> 
> I suggest explaining why the keywords are here, something like:
> 
> "Notice the keyword abrieviation given above for your speech synthesizer.
> You will need to use it, so be sure to note its spelling and learn it
> now."
> 
> > Instructions on installation for each synthesizer can be found at the
> > URL listed above.
> >
> True, but why not give it again? If the reader is here, then a link here
> would be helpful.
> 
> > Loadlin.exe enables a Linux installation to be started from a DOS prompt,
> > before going into Windows.  You'd need to create a batch file to run
> > loadlin.exe with the appropriate parameters.
> 
> Why a batch file? Why not just type the command on the command line? Isn't
> it just a matter of passing the appropriate speakup_ser and speakup_synth
> plus appropriate image arguments?  I think it would make m0ore sense to
> prototype this then to get into talking about creating batch files.
> 
> > A.  There are many reasons for this including:  a bad rawrite image,
> > the wrong comm port setting in the command line, an improperly
> 
> Ooopps. "com port" is a Windows designation. Better to be neutral by
> saying "serial port."
> 
> 
> 
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