vinux questions

[Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona]

on talking arch what is the commands to download the gui and also orca?
On 5/20/2016 3:57 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> On the talkingarch iso, you get espeak and can download and install 
> orca along with a g.u.i. environment as a post-install activity.  
> Tutorials for doing this correctly have yet to be written by those 
> supporting talkingarch but those are on their list.
>
> On Fri, 20 May 2016, Rob Harris wrote:
>
>> Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 03:24:58
>> 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
>>
>> Good, that'll do.  How easy is it to install directly by a speech-needy
>> user?  I know XP is long past it's sellbye date.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chaltain at gmail.com>
>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:40 AM
>> Subject: Re: vinux questions
>>
>>
>> Well, by default,you'll get Orca and a software speech synthesizer
>> called eSpeak.
>>
>> On 19/05/16 08:15, Rob Harris wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Kristoffer Gustafsson
>>>> Sal?ngsgatan 7a
>>>> tel:033-12 60 93
>>>> mobil: 0730-500934
>>>>
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