GRML and Linux with Software Synth on Dell Enspiron2600 Laptop

[John Heim]

You know, why don't we make our own system rescue CD?

I already have my own rescue CD. It's really customized to my hardware.  But 
I'll bet I could have it cleaned up in a few days. It's kind of nice in that 
if I don't have my doubletalk connected at boot, it starts software speech 
automatically.  I'm thinking of adding a grub menu that allows you to select 
different hardware synths. The default config has no hardware synth. The 
second item is doubletalk, etcetra.

The only thing about me making a rescue CD is that I'm no expert on rescuing 
a computer.  I wouldn't know which tools to include.  My rescue CD contains 
the stuff that is put on via the "Fully Automated Install" open source 
project. I know I can mount, fdisk, and use vi. I guess about 99% of rescues 
involve just mount and vi.

I'm taking tomorrow off. (The Green Bay Packers play a game tonight.) I'll 
bet I can put this together in a weekend.

From: "Martin McCormick" <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:56 AM
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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