newbie question...

[Janina Sajka]

You can use its RS 232C port with Speakup.

W. Nick Dotson writes:
> I've one of the USB/Serial DEC Expresses.  It's a bit squirely on keying in Windows, and I haven't a clue as to whether or not they have Linux drivers, but 
> perhaps when this flu mellows out enough for me to sit up for more than 10 minutes at a time, I'll check it out.  (grin)
> 
> Nick
> 
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:21:16 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time), Chris Gray wrote:
> 
> Hi Janina:
> 
> I can appreciate what you're saying about a hardware synthesizer. 
> Have you seen any USB-based, Linux-compatible synthesizers yet? These 
> days, USB ports are the most available real estate on boxes from 
> manufacturers like Dell it seems.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Chris
> 
> On Wed, 
> 5 Jan 2005, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:03:55 -0500
> > From: Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net>
> > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> >     <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Subject: Re: newbie question...
> > 
> > Hi, Laura:
> 
> > The installation HOWTO for the Speakup Modified Fedora Distribution is
> > at:
> 
> > http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
> 
> > However, you will not be able to install with software speech. And, if
> > you really want to admin your systems, I would highly advise you get a
> > hardware speech synth. The reason is that it will work even when your
> > system isn't working properly. Software speech, on the other hand,
> > requires your system to boot, and all your sound configurations to be
> > correct.
> 
> > I would look for a used synth on Ebay, or buy one of the currently
> > available synths from Access Solutions. But, I would get a hardware
> > synth. Am I repeating myself yet? <grin> Sorry about that.
> 
> > Laura Eaves writes:
> >> Hello -- I'm new to the list and am looking to get a new laptop on which i
> >> want to run linux with speakup.
> >> I am an experienced unix user, but switched to windows when my vision got to
> >> the point where i could not read the screen with screen mag any longer, and
> >> so i started using a windows screen reader.
> >> However now i understand there are quite good screen readers for linux, of
> >> which yasr, speakup, emacspeak and gnopernicus are recommended by various
> >> people.
> >> i want speakup as i want to administer my household linux box and so want
> >> control of the console as early in the boot process as possible.
> >>
> >> Ok, now after having read the blurbs on the speakup web pages, i have the
> >> following questions:
> >>
> >> I noticed one of the pages listed a project called Tuxtalk that was a
> >> minimal software synth compiled in with speakup in the kernel to eliminate
> >> the need for a hardware synth.  However, the page was dated 2002 and the
> >> project wasn't finished.
> >> Since i don't have a hardware synth (yet anyway), is there currently a
> >> version of speakup that runs without a hardware synth?
> >> If so, what are the hardware requirements? i.e., sound card etc.
> >>
> >> Also, i noticed speakup works with a bunch of hardwaare synths and also most
> >> or all of the major linux implementations, but i couldn't find at first
> >> glance whether i needed to comppile the kernel myself or whether there were
> >> binaries available.
> >> could someone point me to a place for newbie linux-speakup installers to
> >> learn about hardware requirements and how to build and/or select and install
> >> the right version of linux with speakup?
> >> Can speakup with linux run well on a laptop?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any info on these topics!
> >> there is actually general interest among several people on another lisst --
> >> and I have posted the address of this list for them to join if they want --
> >> but if they don't id like to pass along any info I find out.
> >> Thanks in advance and happy new year!
> >> --le
> >>
> >>
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