Some audio tutorials for installing archlinux

Mon Apr 5 07:21:24 EDT 2010

Thanks for the feedback. I think then a transcript/written version 
(possibly better not as a direct transcript as I do sometimes ramble on) 
would solve some of the issues with speaking rate, the UK accent, etc. I 
am aware that the recording is quite long as is and slowing down will 
only make this worse, so that's why I prefer written in that case. 
Regarding the speed of the computer speech this is the default on the 
GRML CD, may be the default should be slower.

Now to other matters. The file, that is about the correct size (27MB), I 
don't know why it goes wrong in windows media player, either windows 
media player has trouble where other players don't or may be something 
went wrong in your file transfer. As for why I prefer GNU parted, 
suppose biggest reason is familiarity. I don't know whether cfdisk can 
do this, but should you need to resize a partition then parted can do 
this (WARNIG: you would be well recommended to read parted documentation 
to see how to do this and which file systems it supports it on).

Michael Whapples
On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, Arthur Pirika wrote:
> hi, the file worked fine here. were you using windows to download? 
> sometimes internet explorer likes to make you think the files fully 
> downloaded when it really isn't. Personally, i found eSpeak to be at 
> just the right rate for me, I seem to remember grml having a faster 
> rate by default? But, I, to, say good job, mike.
> Oh, one question. why do you prefer gnu parted over the other tools on 
> the cd? cfDisk, for instance, let's you cursor around your drives, 
> showing immediately which flags are selected, the sizes of the 
> partitions, etc. It also autofills in sizes, so you don't have to 
> calculate them by hand.
>
> Arthur.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JP Jamous" <JP at Jepelsy.com>
> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
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> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 4:33 PM
> Subject: RE: Some audio tutorials for installing archlinux
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>> Michael,
>>
>> Wonderful job. I really learned quite a bit as a new Linux user. Here 
>> are my
>> comments though.
>>
>> 1. Considering that the list is diverse, English is a problem. I am 
>> Lebanese
>> and speak Arabic, English and French. However, I have lived in the 
>> States
>> for 16 years and heard so many accents. It took me a couple of 
>> minutes to
>> get used to your accent.
>>
>> Nothing wrong with it. Yet, I had to listen carefully to pick up on 
>> how you
>> pronounce your words. To solve this, I would recommend you speak slowly.
>> Also avoid any day to day rambling, as I like to call it. This is 
>> when you
>> do not pronounce the word fully and or you chop off some letters. 
>> Those are
>> really hard on people who do not speak good English and or do not have
>> experiences with different dialects.
>>
>> The same goes to your SWSpeak. It was running too fast to understand 
>> it. I
>> would recommend you slow it down. This way, both new and advanced 
>> users can
>> keep up. Let's take as an example JAWS when it first installs. It 
>> runs the
>> default speed rate, which is understandable by everyone. I later end up
>> increasing it to 50%, which is what I like.
>>
>> 2. I would recommend you have an outline at first. Think of it as a 
>> table of
>> contents explaining what you are going to do in details and each step.
>>
>> For example, I followed the installation with a few questions.
>>
>> 1. Did you install SWSpeak first to have speech output than you 
>> installed
>> the operating system?
>>
>> 2. How did SWSpeak knew what sound card you were using and how did it
>> install without an operating system installed.
>>
>> Those are the kinds of questions a new user would be wondering. This 
>> way,
>> you can outline your steps and provide the technical background 
>> necessary
>> for people to understand what is going on behind the scenes.
>>
>> 3. Your MP3 broke and Windows Media Player couldn't read it after the
>> deletion of the partition. It was obvious that the MP3 coding was 
>> damaged at
>> that point. It could be the server you had it on. I downloaded about 
>> 27 mb
>> of the file.
>>
>> 4. If you would like a server to publish it. I would be more than 
>> happy to
>> provide you with space on my server. I am really beginning to get 
>> into Linux
>> and with a FTP account, you can just upload your web site and people can
>> download it easily. Get back with me on this one if you are 
>> interested. You
>> can e-mail me off the list so we do not waste other members' time.
>>
>> In summation, great work. I got the feel of how it runs and hearing 
>> it is a
>> great tool. This way, you can follow through.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca 
>> [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
>> On Behalf Of Michael Whapples
>> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 5:15 PM
>> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>> Subject: Some audio tutorials for installing archlinux
>>
>> Hello,
>> I decided to record some audio tutorials for installing archlinux. I 
>> started
>> by doing one on using the GRML liveCD to do the install, however this 
>> lead
>> to quite a long recording being just short of two hours. So I decided 
>> to do
>> one using the speakup modified archlinux installer CD, this came out at
>> about one and a half hours (still a little longer than I really want).
>>
>> I decided before finding a permanent home for these, I would let 
>> people have
>> a listen to the initial recordings (I may try and get a bit more editing
>> done on these) and see which people feel are of value. If you feel a 
>> written
>> copy of these would be better please say so.
>>
>> The links for now are:
>> The GRML based install http://www.sendspace.com/file/4s4p17
>> Using the speakup modified archlinux installer CD
>> http://www.sendspace.com/file/e02n38
>>
>> Thanks for any feedback.
>>
>> Michael Whapples
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