A Linux Laptop including speech?

[W. Nick Dotson]

You could do it easier and much cheaper with the system you have by using a Giration wireless keyboard which one can easily use laying down placed 
across one's hips/lap/stomach...  There are models with 30 and 100 foot range, and the 100 is conservatively rated.

Nick

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 22:55:29 -0500 (EST), Karen Lewellen wrote:

 I must have surgery and will not be able to sit up or raise my head for 
 several weeks.  The idea is to create a very basic system so I can still 
 do some work related tasks,  use wordperfect, go online and tellnet to my 
 shell account,  etc.
 Thought I might seek a tad more since I must have something, but that is 
 the basic goal here.
 Karen

 On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net wrote:

 > What are you needing this for?
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 > On Feb 5, 2006, at 2:06 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
 >
 >> Hi everyone,
 >> I realize that laptops have been discussed in the past, but I am
 >> unsure if
 >> my specific goals were addressed.
 >> for a rather unusual reason I must obtain a laptop that will have
 >> functional clear speech and allow me to work as I normally do with my
 >> computer.  I do not have a Linux DOS as of yet, but would need to find
 >> this with the absolute least amount of tampering possible because I am
 >> short on time.
 >> I prefer dectalk speech, but to be honest I have not heard the
 >> synthesizer
 >> alternatives for Linux.  I am not a windows user, so do not want a duo
 >> system unless
 >> it is a Linux Dos one, or a Linux mac one if this is even possible.
 >> I also have a limited budget grin.
 >> Any ideas as to where i might begin?
 >> I am also weighing the option of a mac laptop, or a windows one
 >> stripped
 >> down to work  with DOS only.
 >> Any wisdom welcome on or off list.
 >> Thanks,
 >> Karen
 >>
 >>
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