Some audio tutorials for installing archlinux

Mon Apr 5 07:32:09 EDT 2010

I hope a transcript in print can be offered.  The tutorial sounds 
interesting, but I still use dialup a lot.

Will
wilsmith at iglou.com

On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Michael Whapples wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JP Jamous" <JP at Jepelsy.com>
>> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 4:33 PM
>> Subject: RE: Some audio tutorials for installing archlinux
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 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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