vinux questions

[Jude DaShiell]

In both cases vinux and talkingarch an available sound card is used to 
make speech with the distinction on talkingarchlinux that during install 
you get to choose what sound card talkingarchlinux uses when yyou have 
more than a single sound card installed.

On Thu, 19 May 2016, Rob Harris wrote:

> Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 09:15:28
> From: Rob Harris <robh at apearl.net>
> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: vinux questions
> 
> For a former user of many years absence, what is used to make speech in
> these distros? I had an external Apollo synth at that time, but not now, nor
> ports to connect it to.
>
> Many thanks, BobH.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>
> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 1:50 PM
> Subject: Re: vinux questions
>
>
> Language selection should have been done as part of the installation
> itself.  Vinux is a poor choice for text-based anything since it
> abandoned its text-based branch abck around version 3.x which was 2 or
> 3 years ago.  A better bet for text-based installations is the iso at
> http://talkingarch.tk/.  Although it talks, brltty comes on the iso so
> you can start that up in the usual way if braille is more effective than
> speech for you.  It may be possible to enable speech and braille, I
> don't know since I never had the funds to purchase my own braille
> display and use it with any of these Linux distros.
>
> On Thu, 19 May 2016, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 08:19:38
>> From: Kristoffer Gustafsson <kg.kristoffer at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
>> Subject: vinux questions
>>
>> Hi.
>> Finally I got the vinux live image working on my computer.
>> I've got some questions before I decide to use this or debian.
>> 1. can I select the language I want?
>> I'm using swedish.
>> 2. how do I do if I want to update packages?
>> In debian I'm using apt-get for this.
>> 3. can I compile new kernels, and install whatever I want just like in
>> debian?
>> 4. can I do a text based install of vinux with my braille display?
>> I like text based things more than graphical.
>> /Kristoffer
>>
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