Fw: new to linux.....

Fri Apr 1 06:06:02 UTC 2005

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with nederland language

a happy new year
/////////
Radu Vasile
Techinc Consultant in computers
"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
"follow the white rabbit"
e-mail:
vradu at constanta.astral.ro
matematicianu at home.ro
matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
rvasile at gmail.com
antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
and soon others
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....

> The old ViaVoice relies on libraries that are no longer available. In
> other words, that's a mismatch between the new Mandrake and the old
> ViaVoice.
>
> Do you have a hardware speech synthesizer?
>
> vasile radu writes:
>> I am not so bigginer also!!!
>> I've installed mandrake 10.1 3 cds distro with multimedia and office
>> workstation packages
>> I get emacspeak 14 rpm and installed it
>> then I got viavoice rtk and sdk and tried to install them but (after the
>> instalation)
>> when I try to get some speak from them with ./runcmdlinespeak (which is a
>> sample for viavoice)
>> I get the error segmentation fault clsdir.....
>> I left this way because someone on to this list answer me that viavoice 
>> is
>> no longer supported under linux and get the way to festival.
>> In the begining I get from rpmfind
>> the rpms neccessary for mandrake 10.1 to instal festival i mean:
>>
>> festival-1.4.3-5mdk.i586.rpm
>> festvox_kallpc16k_1.4.3_1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> and others like it
>> festvox-kallpc-common-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> festvox-kedlpc16k-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> festvox-kedlpc-common-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> festlex-CMU-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> festlex-POSLEX-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> festvox-kallpc8k-1.4.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm
>> After the documentation I read with this packages instaled festival must
>> speack on my computer I tried to give to it:
>>
>> festival_server
>> nothing
>> i tried festival
>> and I get the prompt festival>
>> i write:
>> (SayText "Hello world")
>> error don't know (hello ) variable
>> after this
>> I got the sources of all packages of festival 1.95beta
>> and follow the steps in instalation guide but nothing!!!
>> a happy new year
>> /////////
>> Radu Vasile
>> Techinc Consultant in computers
>> "better light a candle than curse the darkness"
>>
>> "follow the white rabbit"
>> e-mail:
>> vradu at constanta.astral.ro
>> matematicianu at home.ro
>> matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
>> rvasile at gmail.com
>> antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
>> and soon others
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 5:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....
>>
>>
>> >Yes, you can expect to use emacspeak. You cannot expect it will work
>> >just because you installed Linux, unfortunately.
>> >
>> >If we're going to help you, we need more information.
>> >
>> >What have you installed? Explain about your computer's Linux
>> >installation.
>> >
>> >vasile radu writes:
>> >>ok!
>> >>I on't want only gnome accessibility
>> >>I've tried to make emacspeak to work and no result.
>> >>Are these screen reader come with a voice them selves?
>> >>Don't they use something like festival or viavoice?
>> >>If tjhey don't I'm interested how to make with one of them my distro to
>> >>speak!!!
>> >>
>> >>a happy new year
>> >>/////////
>> >>Radu Vasile
>> >>Techinc Consultant in computers
>> >>"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
>> >>"follow the white rabbit"
>> >>e-mail:
>> >>vradu at constanta.astral.ro
>> >>matematicianu at home.ro
>> >>matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
>> >>rvasile at gmail.com
>> >>antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
>> >>and soon others
>> >>----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net>
>> >>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:28 PM
>> >>Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>Hi.
>> >>>
>> >>>I use Debian as my Linux distro and (mostly) speakup as my screen
>> >>>reader.  Speakup gives me access to the text console.
>> >>>
>> >>>>From the libs you mention, it sounds like you are trying to access a
>> >>>Linux system using only Gnome.  At this time, I don't think you will
>> >>>have much success using Linux with only Gnome accessibility.  For now,
>> >>>the best access to Linux is using a screen reader like speakup, 
>> >>>brltty,
>> >>>or yasr to give you access to the text console.
>> >>>
>> >>>Hope this helps.
>> >>>         Kenny
>> >>>
>> >>>On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 09:33:51PM +0300, vasile radu wrote:
>> >>>>then, what ar you (all) using and how get you your distro speaking?
>> >>>>I've got a fedora core 3 and I have seen that this distro has the
>> >>>>packages
>> >>>>necessary on it
>> >>>>But mandrake (less in 10.1 version) give this packages in a
>> >>>>distribution
>> >>>>named power pack wich cost less 60 $
>> >>>>So in the free distribution of 3 cds they don't put this packages.
>> >>>>I mean:
>> >>>>at-spi
>> >>>>gnome-speech
>> >>>>atk
>> >>>>and lib packages afferent
>> >>>>So the work get harder on drake to get it speak.
>> >>>>I have it installed for a mounth and I can not get it speak to me!!!
>> >>>>It's verry desapointing and even if i want to get on linux, I am 
>> >>>>forced
>> >>>>to
>> >>>>use windows for the moment until I'll understand and get a procedure 
>> >>>>to
>> >>>>get
>> >>>>it speak even if I will format my partitions!!!
>> >>>>So the problem is:
>> >>>>What are you using and how get you it speak!!!
>> >>>>
>> >>>>a happy new year
>> >>>>/////////
>> >>>>Radu Vasile
>> >>>>Techinc Consultant in computers
>> >>>>"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
>> >>>>"follow the white rabbit"
>> >>>>e-mail:
>> >>>>vradu at constanta.astral.ro
>> >>>>matematicianu at home.ro
>> >>>>matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
>> >>>>rvasile at gmail.com
>> >>>>antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
>> >>>>and soon others
>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>>>From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
>> >>>>To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:02 AM
>> >>>>Subject: Re: Fw: new to linux.....
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>We're not ignoring you. I think the silence to your question only
>> >>>>>means
>> >>>>>that there aren't very many of us using Mandrake.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>The only time I have personally met blind users on Mondrake was in
>> >>>>>Denmark. The web address is:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>http://www.sslug.dk/~chlor/brltty-logtext/mandrake91.html
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>vasile radu writes:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>Helo! I am new to linux and I am visual impaired.
>> >>>>>>I tried to follow even one how to guide, but no one give a result.
>> >>>>>>My question is direct and I want a answer on steps:
>> >>>>>>Have any one mandrake 10.x and made it speak? If yes how!
>> >>>>>>In hope that I'll finaly will hear something from my linux I wait
>> >>>>>>your
>> >>>>>>answers.
>> >>>>>>I am using mandrake 10.1 free version of 3 cds
>> >>>>>>THANKS A LOT
>> >>>>>>a happy new year
>> >>>>>>/////////
>> >>>>>>Radu Vasile
>> >>>>>>Techinc Consultant in computers
>> >>>>>>"better light a candle than curse the darkness"
>> >>>>>>"follow the white rabbit"
>> >>>>>>e-mail:
>> >>>>>>vradu at constanta.astral.ro
>> >>>>>>matematicianu at home.ro
>> >>>>>>matematicianu2003 at yahoo.co.uk
>> >>>>>>rvasile at gmail.com
>> >>>>>>antropofagul2003 at yahoo.fr
>> >>>>>>and soon others
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>> >>>>>Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040
>> >>>>>Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC 
>> >>>>>http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
>> >>>>>janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different
>> >>>>>problem.
>> >>>>>
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>> >Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040
>> >Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
>> >
>> >Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
>> >janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
>> >
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>
> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG)
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