speakup is nice

[Michael Whapples]

Except I thought that gentoo disc didn't include a software synth for
speakup, or am I wrong?

As for whether you could install gentoo using GRML, I don't know for
sure, but when I looked at gentoo the installation process had no real
gentoo specific requirement for the liveCD used (except for the
packages, docs and stage file which could be got from the internet). So
I guess that whilst it may not be officially supported you might be able
to do an install of gentoo using GRML if you can get an internet
connection whilst using GRML.

If anyone knows more about this, may be you could give more detail.

Michael Whapples
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 15:31 -0600, Garrett Klein wrote:
> Jamews,
> 
> You can install Gentoo using the 2007.0 live CD. It's using the old
> speakup so just type
> speakup_synth=xxxx or
> gentoo speakup_synth=xxxx
> at the boot prompt.
> 
> Hth,
> Garrett
> 
> James Homuth wrote:
> > I stand corrected, then. Question, though, regarding GRML. Do you have the
> > option of installing any variation of Linux, or is it limitted to Debian or
> > grml? I have a particular interest in a slightly less mainstream version of
> > Linux, specificly Gentoo, which is my primary reason for asking. Though
> > admittedly, a secondary reason to it is curiosity. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> > On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
> > Sent: January 28, 2009 12:26 PM
> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> > Subject: RE: speakup is nice
> > 
> > You are wrong in believing that speakup requires a software synth to install
> > linux, have a look at the GRML distro (www.grml.org). GRML (I am always
> > referring to the full version of GRML when I say GRML, not GRML medium or
> > small which I will always specify if I am referring to these cut down
> > versions) I find is wonderful for those of us who want to use speakup on a
> > LiveCD without any hardware synth. To use GRML with software speech just
> > enter:
> > grml swspeak
> > at the boot prompt and then when you get the voice message saying booting
> > finished (I find it can say this a couple of seconds before booting really
> > has finished, so you may wish to just wait a few seconds) you just need to
> > enter the command:
> > swspeak
> > and you will have speakup with software speech output (providing your sound
> > card is detected correctly but this is a problem for any software synth
> > output, even orca can't solve that). If you want to install to hard disk
> > then you can use grml2hd or grml-debootstrap (grml-debootstrap is to install
> > debian instead of GRML).
> > 
> > The computer I am using here has speakup with software speech output, it
> > also has gnome and orca installed and I did all this installation with
> > software speech (speakup for the install process). Also it is a laptop and I
> > can take it anywhere (with no other hardware) and use speakup or orca
> > without problems.
> > 
> > I will admit distros including speakup with software speech output during
> > install are rare and this is why I like GRML so much, the ability to have
> > linux on CD which I can insert into any computer and use speakup with a
> > software synth.
> > 
> > I will just explain one comment I made earlier. I said about use GRML full
> > version, this is because GRML medium and small do not include any
> > accessibility features (IE. no speakup or brltty). Only the full version
> > have the accessibility software.
> > 
> > Hope this helps
> > 
> > Michael Whapples
> > On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 10:15 -0500, James Homuth wrote:
> >> Not my impression at all. I am aware it can. However, not to install 
> >> the software. And not to install Linux speakup-enabled. That requires 
> >> a hardware synth for at least that process. Again, this is so far as 
> >> I'm aware. Which is as said, the drawback to my already not having 
> >> installed it at least until I can install a desktop interface.
> >>
> > 
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