Fedora 6 and Speakup on New Thinkpad

[Beth Hatch]

Hi everyone,

I would like to set up a dual boot using Fedora 6 on my brand new 
Thinkpad T60P laptop.  I already have a Linux desktop computer using the 
Speakup modified Fedora 6, Gnome and Orca, etc.  Unfortunately, my 
Thinkpad doesn't have an onboard serial port built into the system.  I 
am wondering if Speakup would recognize my Dectalk Express hooked up to 
either the docking station, which does have a serial port, or the 
serial/parallel port bay adapter that I also purchased for this 
computer.  The adapter fits into the ultrabay, you remove the DVD drive 
and put the adapter into the bay instead.  I could probably install 
Linux in graphical mode only using Gnome and Orca, but I would like to 
have Speakup for use in text mode work and for the flexibility that 
having Speakup access would provide for me.  Having Speakup available  
would of course  allow me to  install Linux independently, also a very 
important factor for me!!  I know I can use Speakup with software 
synthesizers and speech dispatcher, but I need to get it installed 
first.<smile>


    Any thoughts or information anyone has on this issue would be most 
appreciated.  Thanks in advance!!

Beth