speakup is nice

[Tyler Littlefield]

I've played with grml, I'll need to work with it some more. it seems to 
freeze at grml2hd at around 64%.


Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
http://tysdomain.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples at aim.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: RE: speakup is nice


> If a hardware synth is a problem then look at GRML (www.grml.org) as that 
> comes with speakup and everything to run software speech on the CD. GRML 
> allows a fully accessible (with speakup and software speech output) 
> install of GRML or debian to the hard drive and this is how I installed 
> linux on my laptop.
>
> I too would like to add how speakup has been so useful to me (helping me 
> get out of situations I could not have solved with other screen readers) 
> and it probably will continue to be useful. Also I am glad that GRML 
> exists, allowing me a fully portable distribution where I don't need to 
> carry round a hardware synth.
>
> Michael Whapples
>
> On 23/12/42 20:59, James Homuth wrote:
>> My only knock against Speakup is it's strictly command line based. If I'm
>> sitting in front of a linux desktop, I want to be able to use a lot of 
>> the
>> actual desktop applications. Certain IM clients, for example. Plus, my
>> limited money for hardware means I can't wander out and get my hands on a
>> speech synth. Otherwise, when I install linux on my laptop in the next 
>> month
>> or so I'd go with Speakup over Orca.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
>> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
>> On Behalf Of Trevor Astrope
>> Sent: January 13, 2009 12:07 PM
>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>> Subject: Re: speakup is nice
>>
>> Yep. I've tried orca and even bought a mac. The only time I use them is 
>> for
>> online banking and sites where links doesn't work. Otherwise, speakup is 
>> my
>> goto screen reader.
>>
>> I agree that we don't say enough just how great and liberating it is!
>>
>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, John G. Heim wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I think it's not said often enough. Speakup is really, really nice.
>>> Lets face it, when the chips are down, you always fall back on speakup
>>> don't you? I know I do. The accessible debian install,er, talking grml
>>> CD, plus several a talking Windows installer I built myself. They all
>>> depend on speakup. Speakup is like that old PC you have that always
>>> works even when that new flashiy one is on the fritz again.You know
>>> what I mean? You've got your flashy new laptop or whatever but in an
>>>
>> emergency, don't you want your old one running speakup?
>>
>>> Say your network is down and you need to make a serial port
>>> connection. What do you want? I want speakup. When a machine won't
>>> boot, you put in your grml CD with speakup don't you? If I'm in a
>>> panic, I always just want something with speakup.
>>>
>>> --
>>> John G. Heim
>>> jheim at math.wisc.edu 3-4189
>>> http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/
>>>
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