Speakup in Linux Open Source Summit

[Didier Spaier]

Hello,

I find speakup first mentioned in Slackware 8.0, released on Thu Jun 28 15:36:05 PDT 2001.
Two kernels with a speakup driver were then shipped in Slackware:
One labeled speakup.s for SCSI disks
One labeled speakup.i for IDE disks
Documentation was also provided, written by Saqib Shaikh:
Installing Slackware Linux With Speakup: http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware-8.0/SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT
The Speakup Tutorial: http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware-8.0/SPEAKUP_DOCS.TXT

Now things are simpler, just boot the installer after having included in the boot command line:
speakup_synth=<hard synthesizer> when installing Slackware or Slint.
else espeakup starts by default using the soft synthesizer (on Slint, Debian, talking Arch, etc.)

So, thanks to the speakup developers!

Best,

Didier

On 01/04/2019 13:00, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hello Janina,
> 
> I’m not sure if what you say is quite true. Yes for many distros we had to compile our own kernel. However, remember Slackware V4 had speakup included. I a m sure I was using Slackware V4 in 1999 talking to Kirk etc on speak freely.
> 
> Oh, those days of innocence!
> 
> Gena
>> On 1 Apr 2019, at 10:25, Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 2.)	This was often necessary because one had to compile one's own
>> kernel in the early days of Speakup, starting with a download of kernel
>> and speakup source, followed by the proper patch command, followed by
>> the make config. There were no prepackaged kernels with Speakup until
>> the early 2000's.
>>
> 
> Gena
> 
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