New and in need of help.

[Gregory Nowak]

Slackware 8.0 also has some very good speakup documentation written by SaqibChake, (probably am not spelling his lastname right), who is also on this list. Also, slackware 8.0 is the first distribution that includes speakup by default, which means that it doesn't need to be modified.

You can find the slackware and speakup install docs at:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-8.0/
. The files you want from there are SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT and SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT
. Hth.
Greg


On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 08:49:58PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Hi, Anna, and welcome to speakup!
> 
> There is a draft document on the speakup website, a HOWTO-Install file 
> specific to the Speakup Modified Redhat distribution that can help you 
> understand a lot of what you need to know, even if you end up choosing to 
> install a linux other than Redhat. Point your favorite browser to:
> 
> 	http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> 
>  
> On Tue, 
> 29 Jan 2002, Anna Schneider wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi everyone.  My name is Anna Schneider and I just signed on to this list.  
> > I'm on the blinux-newbie list too.  I am planning to buy a new computer, 
> > my first in several years, soon and I want to go Linux but I don't 
> > actually know much about how to go about this.  What I do know is I hate 
> > windows and voice output for windows.  I have a lot of questions though, 
> > some of which may seem very silly, but I don't know where else to ask.  My 
> > attempts to get help on the other list seem to have petered out and I'm 
> > not sure why.
> > 
> > I am fairly sure of my specific needs in a system t this point, I just 
> > don't know of how to go about investigating those needs.  I also need to 
> > be referred to some basic documentation or a Linux dictionary or something 
> > because I don't know the terminology.  For example, what is a kernel?
> > 
> > If anyone here has the time and is willing to walk me through this 
> > process, I would really really appreciate it.  I will probably be starting 
> > a small business soon too which is one reason why getting this taken care 
> > of is an imperative.
> > 
> > Thank you very much.
> > 
> > Anna
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
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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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