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On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:28:50 -0400, |
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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 9:53 AM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Yes, I am blind and can disassemble computers okay but never could learn |
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> > to assemble them since the equipment to test memory external to computers |
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> > has been and will remain inaccessible. This if it's done will have to be |
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> > done by a repair shop and likely will cost more to repair this machine |
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> > than replace it if that much work is involved. |
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> I was curious about speakup as I had not heard about it so I attempted |
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> an install on my Ubuntu desktop but it's not in the default repositories. |
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> Reading the Ubuntu docs they say speakup is applied as a kernel |
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> patch to 2.4 & 2.6 level kernels and that to use it with a modern |
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> version the patches would have to be ported. It appears that all |
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> the docs on speakup I found quickly stalled out in 2008-2010. |
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc/Speakup |
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> Do you know of newer work? |
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> I'm curious about the program from a persona point of |
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> view. When I started at National Semiconductor in 1978 |
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> we had a cantankerous old guy working on text-to-speach |
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> synthesizers so I had a little bit of exposure. |
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> There are old Ubuntu releases here: |
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> https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ |
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> If I can figure out what kernels they were running I could |
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> possibly try creating a VM and see where it leads me. |
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> Echoing Jack's comment, I'm not sure this is a heat |
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> sink problem. Misoperation at the time of letting |
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> go of the reset button prior to POST. If the machine is |
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> starting cold a processor wouldn't overheat that fast but |
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> I haven't yet read all of your thread. |
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> I think there's also an opportunity here to do some sort |
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> of remote debug with you if we can find anything that does |
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> boot. |
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Speakup works in most recent kernels, 5.10.x and it is now in the |
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mainstream kernel, but I forget what release it got in there. There |
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are two types of synthesizers, hardware and software. Most people use |
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software synthesizers these days, I still use a hardware synthesizer. |
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You might need the espeakup package to make it work, or speechdup |
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and speech-dispatcher. |
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I am pretty sure speakup is even in the net install of gentoo. |
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-- |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici wb2una |
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