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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ok Gordon, I suggest starting from scratch on your
problem:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First of all, you have two options. If you're
a total newbie then I will provide ZipSpeak, which is a zip file of Linux that
you can put on a DOS/Windows partition and try it out with Speakup.
Alternately, you can install SuSE with sighted help. After this you can
install either Emacspeak or Speakup or SuSE-BLinux. If I remember
correctly you are using the Apollo synthesiser. If this is the case then
I'm pretty sure SuSE-BLinux supports it, though you have to specify it once
you've installed the OS. Contact me off-list if you need more info on
Emacspeak. If you find installing a new kernel a bit hard right now, I
suggest the following which may or may not work:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get the speakup.i boot disk from the Slackware
site. Insert it and at the prompt type something like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>linux speakup_synth=apolo
root=/dev/whatever</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>this may or may not work.</FONT></DIV>
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