Fedora, Good Newby howtos, mailing lists and downloads

[Janina Sajka]

FreeTTS sounds decent enough, imho. However, it can be a bit of a cludge
to get it installed and correctly configured.

But, the price is right! <grin>


Darragh writes:
> From: "Darragh" <lists at digitaldarragh.com>
> 
> Hello, 
> As always, you're a welth of information.  Thanks.
> Yes, I was refairing to Mozilla but, I couldn't think of the name.  I'll
> probably get comfortable with the basics for a while before trying any
> of that.
> 
> Does any one know what freetts is like with gnopernicus?  I don't think
> its usable with speakup yet is it?
> 
> Darragh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: 08 November 2003 23:59
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: Fedora, Good Newby howtos, mailing lists and downloads
> 
> 
> Darragh writes:
> > 
> > I've being waiting for the release of Fedora 1.0 since early October 
> > as I was told by numerous people that it would have gnopernicus pree 
> > configured.  Now that the speakup modified version is up I'm just 
> > dying to download it and have a good root around.
> > 
> > However, I'm going to try to do the sensible thing first and spend the
> 
> > first few days reading up on installation howtos and FAQ's.  Can any 
> > one suggest a few?
> 
> Until we get the new installation HOWTO up, you may as well study the
> current HOWTO for Red Hat 9. It's going to be very nearly the same:
> 
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> 
> > 
> > I'm hoping to set up the following:
> > Fedora 1.0 with speakup.
> As of the moment, there's only a minor modification from how this is
> done with Red Hat 9.
> 
> > Gnome with the Gnopernicus screen reader.
> If you select "everything," as the HOWTO has always recommended, you'll
> get this without extra effort.
> 
> > Some of the Gnopernicus supported applications.
> I'm not sure what you're referring to, of course. But, if you're
> referring to Mozilla and OpenOffice you're still very much on your own.
> There is no single doc that I'm aware of that takes you through this in
> the Fedora context.
> 
> 
> > Emacspeak
> > W3.
> > Vm.
> You're on your own for this, as you have been with Red Hat through many
> generations of Red Hat releases. The Emacspeak shipped in Fedora Cora is
> version 17.0, whereas 18.0-1 is current.
> 
> > I'm also hoping to use FTP to connect to the laptop which is running 
> > win 2000.  I have a linksys router which can act as a dhcp server as 
> > well. They all connect with no problems in windows.
> If your LinkSys is serving up ip addresses, Linux can certainly accept
> the assignment easily enough. There's no particular magic to using ftp
> outbound from Linux, but your host has to be running an ftp server, of
> course.
> 
> I would wager networking works far more easily and reliably on Linux--at
> least in my experience.
> 
> > 
> Methinks thou hast best inquire of "they" directly. I don't speak for
> "they," whoever that might be.
> 
> > Oh, just one more thing, what do they mean by pree configured?  Thati 
> > sounds like a simpol question, feel free to laugh at my lack of 
> > experience.
> > 
> > Any suggestions very welcome
> > 
> > 
> > Darragh
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 	
> Janina Sajka
> Email: janina at rednote.net		
> Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
> Director, Technology Research and Development
> American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> http://www.afb.org
> 
> Chair, Accessibility Work Group
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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org