Gentoo Archives: gentoo-accessibility

From: Cleverson <clever92000@×××××××××.br>
To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] gentoo x86 minimal cds now have speech and braille
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:39:44
Message-Id: 4AA84AB5.8070609@yahoo.com.br
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] gentoo x86 minimal cds now have speech and braille by William Hubbs
1 OK, grabing the image now. I'll do some test next days, then report any
2 result.
3
4 Thank you,
5 Cleverson
6
7 William Hubbs escreveu:
8 > Yes, this is the image to download for now. current-iso is actually a
9 > symbolic link that points to a directory where the most current
10 > successful cd build is.
11 >
12 > The system will beep when you get to a boot prompt. From there, type a
13 > command like,
14 >
15 > gentoo speakup.synth=soft
16 >
17 > to bring up software speech.
18 >
19 > or,
20 >
21 > gentoo speakup.synth=ltlk speakup_ltlk.ser=2
22 >
23 > for an ltlk on serial port 2.
24 >
25 > or,
26 >
27 > gentoo brltty=something
28 >
29 > to bring up brltty.
30 >
31 > There is more info in the readme on the isoabout the command line
32 > parameters and kernels.
33 >
34 > Once we get the dvd set up, we will be working on getting more
35 > documentation together; I will open a bug for that soon.
36 >
37 > The other points to remember would be that, when you are doing an
38 > install, you will need to configure the chroot to support speech if you
39 > want it after you reboot. So, that would mean emerging either espeakup
40 > or speakup depending on which type of speech you want as well as
41 > configuring alsa if you are going to use it on the installed system for
42 > speech or sounds, all before you do the final reboot.
43 >
44 > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 08:48:16PM -0300, Cleverson wrote:
45 >> I also wonder, just to be sure, whether the ISO image to grabe is that
46 >> from september 1st, install-x86-minimal-20090901.iso?
47 >>
48 >> Thanks,
49 >> Cleverson
50 >>
51 >> James Homuth escreveu:
52 >>> Are there instructions online/elsewhere for enabling speakup support?
53 >>>
54 >>> -----Original Message-----
55 >>> From: William Hubbs [mailto:williamh@g.o]
56 >>> Sent: September 9, 2009 6:12 PM
57 >>> To: gentoo Accessibility
58 >>> Subject: [gentoo-accessibility] gentoo x86 minimal cds now have speech and
59 >>> braille
60 >>>
61 >>>
62 >>> All,
63 >>>
64 >>> I am pleased to announce that speakup, espeakup and brltty are now part of
65 >>> the gentoo x86 minimal cd, which is automatically updated every week.
66 >>>
67 >>> To download the iso, go to the following url:
68 >>>
69 >>> http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/current-iso
70 >>>
71 >>> There, you will find the ISO image for our most recent minimal cd, which
72 >>> includes speakup/brltty/espeakup.
73 >>>
74 >>> Let me know if you have any questions.
75 >