correct keyboard selection.

[Glenn Ervin]

Hi Janina,
Yes, I do have it turned off, I turned it off in Cmos.  I had also thought
of that and hit the num lock key to test that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: correct keyboard selection.


And, numlock is off?

Glenn Ervin writes:
> From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
>
> Hi Janina,
> the numeric keypad selection you mention did work on that old version of
the
> install program, but strangely, when I use any of the numbers, on the
> correct install, it just moves around by lines.
> insert plus did not do what it was supposed to do.  My sighted assistance
> did confirm that the keyboard selection is indeed "speakup".
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: correct keyboard selection.
>
>
> It's a bug in one of the newer text rendering libraries. It has been
> reported. Meanwhile, until its fixed, just be aware that you seem to be
> on the selection following the actual one. As I just explained in
> another message, you can verify this with NumericKeypad Insert+Period
> which provides color attribute4s, such as "white on black."  If you look
> around the screen and check with this, you'll find confirmation for
> what's actually highlighted, and you'll find that it really is the
> selection just before the one that Speakup is indicating.
>
> Glenn Ervin writes:
> > From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
> >
> > Hi Mark,
> > I am still trying to get RedHat installed as the installation program
for
> > RedHat 8.0 does the same double speaking for me, with my dectalk
> > synthesizer.
> > It is impossible to know which choice you have made, and I have to fDisk
a
> > hard drive to install Linux, and even the sighted assistance I have used
> is
> > not totally sure which drive is actually selected.
> > But the strange thing is that when I was using an install program from a
> > previous version of Linux, it spoke just fine with my synthesizer, but I
> was
> > unable to complete the install, as the install program did not match the
> > ISO's.
> > Perhaps it is the DECtalk synthesizer, and maybe we need to wait for
> someone
> > to re-compile the install program or the DECtalk portion of SpeakUp.
> > But your start up line seems correct:
> > Here is what works for me:
> > text speakup_synth=dectlk
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Rew" <mark.rew at noaa.gov>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 1:13 PM
> > Subject: correct keyboard selection.
> >
> >
> > Hi group,
> >
> > Which keyboard do I need to select for RedHat version 8?  I'm starting
> > SpeakUp
> > with the command:
> > text speakup_synth=DTLK
> > This command causes speakup to speak while I'm installing my Linux.
But,
> > I'm
> > finding it difficult to know what menu selection I'm on, and I can not
> even
> > get into the fields for entering information such as IP address.  I
tried
> > selecting the "speakup" keyboard.  I saw there was another speakup
> keyboard
> > I
> > think, "speakup lt."  The hardware is a Pentium 2 CPU, and a Windows
style
> > keyboard.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > Mark Rew
> > e-mail: mark.rew at noaa.gov
> >
> >
> >
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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
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American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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

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