GRML question

[Michael Prokop]

* ace <ace at freedomchat.org> wrote:
> At 05:16 PM 12/27/2005, you wrote:
>>On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 01:59:30PM -0600, Glenn at home wrote:

>> > I am trying out GRML as a rescue CD, and I was wondering if 
>> > anyone can tell
>> > me how to boot up with speech?
>> > I have an external DecTalk synth on a serial port.
>> > Or if it can only run via sound card, how does one get that to load up?

>>I made mine boot up like this:
>>grml speakup_synth=ltlk
>>Mine talked fine and recognized all my hardware devices fine.

> Also, please not that, if one does not type this line quickly enough, 
> the system will continue to boot the kernel without speech.

JFYI: The (isolinux) timeout is 30 seconds.

I just implemented a new boot option named 'swspeak' to get software
synthesizer support through speakup's sftsyn, speech-dispatcher and
speechd-up. You have to boot via 'grml swspeak', then type
'speechd-up' and that's it. (grml 0.6 will drop you to a console
directly and won't bring up w3m by default on tty1.)

I do not have the hardware to test speakup support other than the
software synthesizer but I'm doing my very best to bring you a
Linux live-CD with working speakup support.

So if anyone could/would test the speakup support or any of the
other accessibility related packages as brltty, eflite/flite,
emacspeak,.. of development releases you are welcome to join the
grml beta-testers (see http://grml.org/beta-tester/ for more
details) or just drop me a mail. You can reach me also via IRC on
#grml (irc.freenode.org).

HTH && regards,
-mika- - hoping that the mail reaches the mailinglist via news.gmane
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