Trying to come back?

[Joseph Norton]

How do I change the synth?

Can I install or compile pine on this thing?

Thanks!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Raikes" <DON.RAIKES at oracle.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:02 PM
Subject: RE: Trying to come back?


> Vinux uses teh espeak synthesizer so it is the same as grml.
> 
> If you switch to the en_us voice is sounds a bit better, though.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hermann [mailto:meinelisten at onlinehome.de]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 1:43 PM
>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>> Subject: Re: Trying to come back?
>> 
>> 
>> Am 08.07.2009 22:29, schrieb Joseph Norton:
>> > Hi All:
>> [...]
>> > I saw on blindcooltech that there is a small distro called 
>> "GRML".  I have successfully downloaded and installed it on 
>> my HD.  It does work, but, I probably need some assistance to 
>> do more with it--if this is even possible.
>> >
>> You can do all your daily work with GRML. I use it for years. What 
>> specific problems do you have?
>> 
>> > Can I install or build a more robust systtem starting with 
>> GRML?  In particular, can I get a better software synth than 
>> the robotic british one that ships with GRML?  Since it's 
>> based on Debian, can I install Debian packages over it?
>> >
>> You could do a "grml-debootstrap", in order to install a 
>> regular Debian.
>> But your GRML would be lost.
>> Check out the manuals of grml-debootstrap.
>> But you can keep your GRML, but I would recomment one change:
>> Go to /etc/apt/sources.list and change the entries by 
>> commenting out the 
>> unstable branch, and include the testing branches. You then 
>> will have a 
>> more stable system after you did:
>> aptitude update
>> Regarding the synth: You can buy a soft synth such as Voxin 
>> or ttsynth, 
>> and you can use it together with Speech-dispatcher and 
>> Speechd-up, all 
>> installed on GRML.
>> 
>> > Or, are there other alternatives for installing Linux with 
>> only software synth available?
>> >
>> You could check out Vinux, I think there also are podcasts on Blind 
>> cooltech.
>> Hermann
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