Now what?

[jude dashiell]

So far as I know no talking kernels exist for gnopix but you may after
sighted assistance in getting it installed be able to install emacspeak or
yasr on it and get it talking.  Slackware 9_0 or redhat 9.0 or even debian
would have been more useful more quickly, but if you're willing to hack
you'll want to keep close touch with that instructor and pass back what
you learn in terms of accessibility.  You may have been given a further
challenge.