The Speakup HOWTO

Jennifer Jobst

jobst@us.ibm.com

Saqib Shaikh

ss@saqibshaikh.com


Revision History
Revision 1.0 DRAFTJanuary 30, 2002Revised by: JEJ & SS

This document provides a general background, installation and usage instructions for Speakup, a console screen reader for Linux.


Table of Contents
1. Legal Notice
2. Introduction
3. Requirements
4. Installing Speakup on an Existing Linux System
4.1. Before You Begin
4.2. Making a Boot Disk
4.3. Obtaining Speakup
4.4. Compiling the kernel
4.5. Installing the New Kernel
4.6. Updating LILO
5. Installing Linux with Speakup
5.1. Obtaining Speakup
5.1.1. Creating Installation Floppy Disks
5.1.2. Creating Installation CDs
5.2. Installation
5.2.1. Installing Debian
5.2.2. Installing Red Hat
5.2.3. Installing Slackware
6. Using Speakup
6.1. Configuring Speakup Speech Parameters
6.2. Using the Screen Reading Keys
6.3. Changing the Keyboard Layout
7. Using Speakup on a Shared Machine
8. Using the CVS Version of Speakup
9. FAQ
10. Resources
11. Acknowledgments
12. Wish List for Version 2.0