testing grml

[John G. Heim]

Yes, that's what it means.  But its not as bad as it sounds. Instead of 
typing something at the isolinux boot prompt, which is problematic anyway, 
you wait until the machine is done booting and then type a command to load 
the speakup module for your synth. In fact, that's easier because you will 
know when the machine is done booting because of the tone. It plays a 4 note 
tone when the boot process is done.  You then have to press a 'q' to quit 
the grml menu and then type in a modprobe command. In your case, you'd press 
the q and then type 'modprobe speakup_ltlk'.

The only issue, of course, is that you will miss boot messages. However, 
those are accessible via a serial console. In my opinion, accessing the boot 
messages via a serial console is better anyway because then you can save 
them. If grml doesn't boot, and you want to get support from the grml 
developers, you can cut and paste from your terminal emulator into an email 
message.

You do need a null modem cable and a second computer to do a serial console. 
But last time I bought a null modem cable it was $5, considerably less 
expensive than a hardware speech synth.  In fact, if you ask around you 
might be able to find a null modem cable for free because people used to use 
a product called laplink which included a null modem cable. If you ask 
around, you might be able to find someone to give you a null modem or a 
laplink cable (same thing) for free.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Sten-Clanton" <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: testing grml


> John, I hope this doesn't sound like a stupid question, but does this mean 
> you can't get hardware speech by typing, in my case,
>
> grml speakup.synth=ltlk
>
> when you're booting up?  (I presume I typed that command right.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Al
>
> On 12/28/2011 10:35 AM, John G. Heim wrote:
>> The latest release simply has all the speakup modules included. So you
>> can just type in a modprobe command to start speakup. I have a
>> tripletalk hardware synth so I type, 'modprobe speakup_ltlk' at a
>> command prompt.
>>
>> You can also use software speech by typing 'modprobe speakup_soft' and
>> then 'espeakup'.
>>
>> The only problem I have is not specific to grml. It looks like the
>> speakup bug in the speakup_ltlk module is still there. The speakup_ltlk
>> module doesn't load on 64 bit hardware. Even the 32 bit version of the
>> module doesn't work on 64 bit hardware.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 3:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: testing grml
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Did you ever get an answer how to get speakup up and happening under
>>> new grml?
>>> sure it beeps when quick config menu comes up but not sure what to do
>>> with that and no eyes here at the moment.
>>> will report back to the list if I get this sorted.
>>>
>>> Regards, Kerry.
>>>
>>> On 15/12/2011 11:35 PM, John Heim wrote:
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> First of all, grml has a new release candidate out. They could use
>>>> people to test accessibility. Point a vrowser to http://bit.ly/sESUaa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Second, is there a command to unmute the sound card? I mean, I know you
>>>> can do that with a mixer but I need a command to do it because if there
>>>> is no sound, I can't run the mixer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty sure that software speech is working on this latest grml
>>>> release but I can't confirm it because I can't get sound to work. And I
>>>> think that's because the sound card is muted.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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