Trying to come back?

[Glenn Ervin]

Hi Joseph,
I like Ubuntu at:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
On the computers I actually install it, I use the eloquence synth, A K A, 
via voice.
But it works well as a live CD.
To get it to speak when you boot up, after the disk spins up, do the 
following:
Press enter for English
Then press F5 for Accessibility features
Then press the letter 3 for synthetic speech
Then press enter twice, and it will come up talking.
HTH.
Glenn
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Norton" <joseph.norton at gmail.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject: Trying to come back?


Hi All:

It's been a rough year or two!--not all of it, but, enough!

To briefly update:

I went out of circulation because of a house fire suffered in December 2007. 
I lost my computers, most of my software, my 3 hardware synths and most of 
everything else.

On the good side, I escaped alive and physically intact.

I have also gotten married and have a beautiful wife and a 4-year-old step 
daughter.  So, again, not all bad news.

We are in new quarters and I have acquired a donated HP computer which seems 
to be capable of running Linux.

Unfortunately, I do not have access to a hardware synth.

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.

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?

Or, are there other alternatives for installing Linux with only software 
synth available?

Any help would be appreciated.
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