Best text-based speakup linux install additions:

[Tom Fowle]

I have also tried speakup with the espeak software synthesizer, it appears
to run fine, though I didn't try the mentioned copying to SD cards when
running espeak.
On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 09:20:20PM -0800, Tom Fowle wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
> I'm currently running Debian Wheezie 32 bit on an old 1.3GHZ asis P2C motherboard
> with 750mB of ram.
> Reason for keeping this old box is an ISA slot that runs my favorite synth,
> Doubletalk.
> Sometimes when copying very large talking books, like 350MB to an SD card,
> the system "kills" some processes when out of memory.
> Apparrently these processes restart when the copy is done.
> 
> I can have two or three text consoles open at a time and there is little
> extra delay.
> 
> In other words, using command line only, it works fine.
> 
> Running Gnome with Orca and espeak it becomes unacceptably slow.
> 
> P.S. the motherboard won't take more ram or I'd add it.
> 
> 
> tom Fowle
> 
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 10:31:30PM -0500, Joseph Norton wrote:
> > Hi listers:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I had a gentleman write me off-list and he told me he has a 512-Mb system
> > he'd like to install some kind of text-based distro on.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I think he could still even install Debian without the X system, but, I'm
> > not sure which release to point him to.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Also, I bet Arch would be another good possibility.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
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