Some audio tutorials for installing archlinux

Mon Apr 5 09:53:28 EDT 2010

I know you contacted me off list asking whether I could make it 
available through another means so you don't need to jump through the 
sendspace hoops. The audio is a bit more difficult due to the size and 
bandwidth restrictions on my website, but I certainly can make a text 
version available through a standard webpage.

Michael Whapples
On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, Will Smith wrote:
> 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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