modified fedora and software speech

[Janina Sajka]

You won't need to compile a kernel. We'll have rpms of those at the
Speakup Modified. You can download Fedora 7 from any Fedora mirror site
once they're released later this week. There are many mirrors. Check
http://fedora.redhat.com.

Janina

Michael Weaver writes:
> Hi!
> Thanks for your message as regards Speakup and Fedora.
> If I am going to be getting the non-modified Fedora when it is
> released what is the URL for it and is it simple to add Speakup to it
> particularly as I might be having to try to guide one Fedora user in
> her early to late twenties as to how to go about compiling Speakup or
> whatever for me, I am 29 myself and she runs rings around me despite
> the something like 9 or a fewer less years junior age gap.
> I may need to wait until next Monday when I attend the Huddersfield
> group as I may see Libbie one of those who can help me with it this
> Wednesday at the Birstall group if there is one on this Wednesday and
> she doesn't always attend the Huddersfield one although there maybe
> other Fedora users in the group who often attend both groups.
> The other thing is Libbie or some of the others may not have as much
> knowledge about speech access as me as they don't have to use Linux
> screenreaders although Ben is taking an interest in the accessibility
> side  but any help would be welcome.
> 
> On 27/05/07, Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> wrote:
> > You can use software speech with Speakup on Fedora. However, I would
> > advise you to wait for the forthcoming release of Fedora 7. It's due out
> > later this week. Since you're not installing it yourself, there's no
> > particular reason to favor the Speakup Modified at this particular time.
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Michael Weaver writes:
> > > I am thinking of switching from Ubuntu to Fedora as I am concerned
> > > Graphical Web browsing is still in its early stages and maty need
> > > Speakup if I want any kind of access to web pages as I am still a fair
> > > newby to Linux.
> > > I have downloaded the Speakup modified Fedora but what I would like to
> > > know is can I use software speech if I install it without a hardware
> > > synthesiser?
> > > I know to do an eyes free installation and get all the bennifits of
> > > bootup and shut down messages it requires a hardware synth but if I
> > > don't have one or in my case I have lost what goes into the COM 2 port
> > > or whatever it is called in Linux, can I still run Speakup if I get
> > > the modified Fedora installed by a Sighted person ie if someone at one
> > > of the LUGs I attend installs it for me?
> > > I ask because this week I might be attending a meeting in Birstall
> > > which is where one of the LUGs I attend is. I text someone who uses
> > > Fedora with my questions but she might be busy as she still hasn't got
> > > back to me on my latest messages and not being Visually Impaired she
> > > might not know the answer anyway as she mo9stly uses the KDE
> > > environment.
> > > Hope someone can answer my question about the modified Fedora as I
> > > tried to run Lynx with Orca from the Gnome terminal but I had problems
> > > tracking the text on pages as it seems to repeat lines so far down
> > > pages so it tries to read other stuff it has already read and I didn't
> > > have much luck with w3m as the hotkeys don't seem to be verry clear or
> > > they are assigned for a Japaneese rather than UK keyboard and I seemed
> > > unable to enter forms using it because when I typed in the text field
> > > it tried to activate commands.
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.202.595.7777;	sip:janina at a11y.org
> > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://CapitalAccessibility.Com
> >
> > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and
> > Canada
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> >
> > Chair, Open Accessibility	janina at a11y.org	
> > Linux Foundation		http://a11y.org
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.202.595.7777;	sip:janina at a11y.org
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://CapitalAccessibility.Com

Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada
Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com

Chair, Open Accessibility	janina at a11y.org	
Linux Foundation		http://a11y.org