Unix

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I don't think you will get speakup working on MacOS (whatever version 
you are using). Speakup is  built for the linux kernel and so is quite 
specific to linux (it won't work on many other unix systems eg. solaris, 
freebsd, etc). The only way I can imagine you will get speakup working 
is to install linux on the Mac (may it be either as a dual boot or to 
replace MacOS), but I don't think that is what you wanted.

Anyway something which might help you, there are a few other screen 
readers for unix text terminals, the one which comes to mind is YASR 
which I think works on a number of different unix systems (it works on 
other systems as it doesn't integrate so tightly with the systems 
kernel). Another alternative, although more orientated for Braille 
display support is brltty.

As suggested by Hermann, if your Mac is running Leopard then why not use 
voiceover, unless you are planning to move to linux.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, james collins wrote:
> Hello,
> I am a speakup newbie. I own a MacBook pro laptop running mac os x 
> 10.5.7 I think. I was just wondering if I could use speakup with this 
> computer, from what I know the mac os is a version of unix. I want to 
> use speakup at the command line, there is a program called terminal on 
> my laptop and when I open it it opens a unix shell I think. I just 
> wondered if I could configure speakup to work on my laptop or do I 
> have to be running Linux, also I wondered if there is a big difference 
> between Linux and unix. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>