Speakup installation on lap top.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, well, in general Linux should do well on a laptop, but some laptops are
a real pain to get going with Linux.

Some problems you may incounter is no serial ports on newer laptops. The USB
port is all many of them have, and the Belkin USB to serial cable is needed.
If you have a serial port your set synth wize.
Second, most modems in laptops will not work with Linux. I've played around
with lots of Linux's, and every laptop I've tried I couldn't get the pos Win
modem going ieven with the Win modem drivers floating around on the net. As
a last result I simply put a modem in the pcmcia slot, and fixed it once and
for all.
Since laptops do not have a number pad invest in a usb or ps2 number pad to
use for Speakup review commands.

----- Original Message -----
From: Toby Fisher <toby_fisher at bigfoot.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 6:56 PM
Subject: Speakup installation on lap top.


> Hi all.
>
> Having got a fairly stable desk top system now, I'm thinking of flattening
> my lap top hard drive and putting Linux on it.  I propose to make my own
> kernel, since the bareapm.I that comes with Slackware has no speakup
> support.  This is no problem, as I can also use one of the root disks.  I
> do, however, have a couple of questions.
>
> 1.  Has anyone encountered any problems/pitfalls of which I should be
> aware, either
> speakup-related, or generally, with installation to a lap top?
>
> 2.  Quite often, I use my lap top to present some documents with graphics
> in them to sighted people.  I know that I can retrieve the text from such
> documents with the strings command, but is there anyway I can retain the
> formatting and graphics in their place?  Obviously an accessible method
> would be preferable, though it is not absolutely essential.
>
> Any thoughts on this subject gratefully appreciated.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
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