[access-uk] Re: to keith latest update on the linux boot cd and enabling speakup
- From: "Richard Godfrey-McKay" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 09:58:41 +0100
That seems a shame.
But you can still restore a windows system, if I have understood things
correctly?
Richard
Richard Godfrey-McKay
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
john coley
Sent: 03 October 2010 00:16
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] to keith latest update on the linux boot cd and
enabling speakup
Hi Keith, I've come to the conclusion that it's impossible without sighted
help to get this show on the road.
I made the cd no problem. I got the Apollo 2 out of the cupboard. I
checked the Speakup text file for correct cyntax. As you'll know, having
likewise read the gen on it it says that the video mode and synth have to be
selected at the boot screen. Without any indication there's no way of
knowing when is the right time.
You only get five seconds apparently, which is an extremely short time if
you haven't got a clue when it is, even considering that you only need to
type the first character within the time.
In one tutorial it said to type in the required text as soon as the cd
spins up, and in another it says to wait about five seconds.. Were it only a
case of editing the config to load the synth automatically there wouldn't be
a problem, but as the config's on the cd, and other than by pulling the
contents off, editing the config and then reburning, which may not work as
Terabyte may have put some sort of protection on there there isn't anything
I can do.
To confuse matters even further two articles I've read give different
cyntax for setting the synth and loading speakup. Both are from the Speakup
site. The first is
1 speakup.synth=xxx
The second one says:
speakup=synth=xxx
Obviously I replaced the xxx with the name of the synth, apollo, but even
there there is some contradiction. In the guide it contains the text of the
config. In that apollo is spelt correctly, with double l, but in the list of
speakup keywords it lists it as apolo with only one l.
I was going to email the Speakup guys to see if there's any way round
this, but there's no contact link on the page.
Personally I don't know why it's necessary to type anything in. I would
have thought it'd make more sense if speakup just looked for useable synths.
So far I've spent a total of three hours trying to get it to work. In the
circumstances I can't see how they can call it accessible.
If you feel like downloading image for linux, making a cd and giving it a
try it'd be very interesting to know how you get on with it. If it works for
you please give me the secret.
John.
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