New to Linux

Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
Fri Feb 1 20:28:44 EST 2008


As a variation on this question given how fast the Linux world can 
change.
Who has the best hardware synthesizer support, if you are talking Dec talk 
express?
Karen

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Will Smith wrote:

>
>
> I wonder if a purchased  Ubantu 7.10 disc will include what is needed to
> get speech wrking following these instructions?
>
> Will
> wilsmith at iglou.com
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Lorenzo
> Taylor wrote:
>
>> This one is pretty easy. <smile>
>>
>> To get Ubuntu talking, just wait until about 5 seconds after the CD
>> starts spinning and press f5 followed by 3 and enter twice. This will
>> give you complete access to a speaking Ubuntu Linux system complete with
>> software speech via eSpeak.
>>
>> As for Oralux, it is now a dead project according to its developers.
>> Ubuntu is the most accessible live CD with the exception of grml if you
>> like the command line interface. Grml is the most accessible live CD for
>> that whereas Ubuntu is the most accessible live CD for the GNOME
>> desktop.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Lorenzo
>> There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed
>> by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance:
>> his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the
>> humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of
>> feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt. --
>> Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
>>
>>
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