Installing Slackware with Speakup and Espeak

[Michael Whapples]

I think the audio drivers being loaded on the install disk is the main 
thing to consider here. I am not sure whether slackware loads the audio 
drivers on the install disk and I have no reason to believe it should as 
the disk is really an install disk rather than a LiveCD, so is really 
there just to get the system installed. Now the audio drivers will be 
there even if they are in a package as once you have finished the 
install audio works fine.

Another thing I would like to see is that this work isn't just a custom 
disk, it would be nice to see it head back to being part of slackware 
itself. Its the one thing about slackware I really like, since the 
initial inclusion of speakup, we have always had speakup included and 
available to help with an install, and as said by Zack, with the serial 
port disappearing software speech output is becoming more important.

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Zachary Kline wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd think that a DVD with espeakup and espeak would be a good idea in
> general, as serial ports and related things are becoming harder to
> find.  The question is whether the Slackware installer as currently
> packaged loads sound support by default?  I wouldn't think so.  Does
> the kernel even come with the appropriate modules?
> I hope this project can come to something, as I've always liked
> Slackware and a way to make it easier to install would be great.
> Hope it works out,
> Zack.
> On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 11:33:06PM -0500, Austin Seraphin wrote:
>    
>> Hello. I want to get Linux on my Netbook, an EeePC 1000HE. I use
>> Slackware. I noticed that the speakup.s kernel has soft synth support,
>> but strangely, the installation dvd doesn't seem to have espeak. I
>> consider the best solution to get it installed, I wonder about making a
>> custom installation DVD with the addition of espeak and espeakup. I
>> thought of a few other ways, but getting it talking as quickly as
>> possible seems like the best thing. I wondered if anyone had any input,
>> or had done this.
>>
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>> Austin Seraphin - http://sunbeem.net
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