GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop

[Thane M. Andersen]

Hello Martin,
I think you are a lot closer than you might realize. May I suggest taking a
closer look at the Telnet Installation How To located at
http://speakupmodified.org/telnet_installation.html 
  The way I understand the process, it requires that the target machine be
booted from the installation media and then at the boot prompt, issue the
following command to configure the network interface:
text telnet ip=[ip.address] netmask=[netmask] gateway=[gateway.address]
ksdevice=[ethernet.device]
  Example:
  text telnet ip=192.168.33.123 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.33.254
ksdevice=/eth0


Of course, this assumes that you are installing speakup modified Fedora.

Then using telnet from a working machine connect to the target machine and
control the installation with speach that way.   I'm expecting to have to
configure software speech on the target machine via telnet or ssh from my
working Windows machine after the installation is complete.  This sounds
like a bit more work than installing with a hardware synthesizer, but I
don't have one to compare to.  All my previous installs have been with
sighted assistance.  I think this Telnet how To will help us out in a big
way.  My target machine is a 500MHz machine with 384MB RAM which I don't
think I will even try to install a graphical interface on, but I think a
console based system will do just fine.

Hope this helps,
Thane


-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Martin McCormick
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:56 AM
To: Linux for blind general discussion
Subject: GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop 

This was promising, but I think it is a dead end. GRML appears
to be  fine, based on Debian and all, but the live CD with
speakup is simply not usable in its present form due to the
spelling bug.

	In this quest for a working live CD with software
speech, I am beginning to notice tell-tail signs when something
is worth following up on. After subscribing to the GRML users
list, I downloaded all the mail archives and discovered that the
last posting that was archived was in March and was somebody else
trying to crack the spelling bug. Since yesterday, there was my
question about the spelling bug and one other poster asking
another question and that's pretty much it. the GRML live CD is
from this Spring, but the speakup part is not functional so I
guess it is time to move on. 
Willem van der Walt mentioned espeak. Google searches about
espeak turn up comments and discussion from this year which is a
good sign. I haven't heard espeak yet, but it is supposed to be
a bit different in sound and in operating theory. Are there any
live CD's not requiring gnome that use it?

	There is probably a lot of still useful hardware out in
the world that is either not fast enough or doesn't have enough
memory to run a GUI but will still scream through a command-line
environment.

	We are basically back to a return of the original Linux
installation quandary for those who can't use a screen if the
system has no native RS-232 ports or a hardware speech device.
So close and yet so far away.

Martin McCormick

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