Re: Ubuntu Hardee losing speech
- From: Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: blind programming <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 07:32:19 +1000 (EST)
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Ian D. Nichols wrote:
Hi,
I now have a ubuntu hardy CD that will boot, but there is no sound at all. My
wife (with normal sight) can see it on the screen and use the mouse. We
opened the word processor and used the keyboard to type some text.
OK, good. When it boots and a menu comes up probably something like
install or run as a live cd (just after selecting you language.) hit f5
and arrow down 3 times to screenreader.
Then hit enter twice and orca should come up talking
I just installed hardy to another partition with speech actually last
night.
Otherwise once the cd has booted, hit alt+f2 and type "orca" with out the
quotes.
>
I used IsoBurn to burn the CD from a .iso file. I got the IsoBurn from a
Never heard of it, I tend to use linux for everything including cd burning
with wodim.
site in Germany, I think. A few years ago I used it successfully to create a
You could md5 the image if you were really worried, but the fact you could
type some text in the word processor means it should be fine.
What happens if you run speaker-test
from a terminal?
(alt+control+f1 or alt+f2 and type gnome-terminal
Just to make sure your sound hardware is supported.
CD. I looked on SourceForge this time, but, as in the past, I found
SourceForge rather unfriendly.
Sourceforge isn't the best sometimes.
I think that IsoBurn reported an error while checking the CD after burning
it, but if there was any detail it disappeared from the screen before I could
read it.
Should be ok if your whife is saying the live cd booted and the word
processor loaded.
I'd be grateful for any ideas.
Hope this helps a bit,
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Daniel Dalton
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
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