Re: Blind Debian Potential User

2008-01-06 Thread Shane D
Thank you for the suggestion. I am just looking for a simple shell reader that will allow me to edit the .conf files for Asterisk with speech. I need to use the consol and to edit files. That's all I need on this machine. I have installed Festival and Flite. Has anyone used Screader before? Sha

Re: Blind Debian Potential User

2008-01-06 Thread Tapio Kelloniemi
On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 11:57:38AM -0500, Shane D wrote: > Anyway, I am questing a way to install Debian with Speech. I do not > have a hardware synthesizer. I want a way of > (A) Being able to install debian with speech I doubt it is possible, not sure though. I have done it using braille. >

Re: Blind Debian Potential User

2008-01-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
Shane, If you are slightly sighted, then you may want to consider KDE. Almost all KDE applications have integrated text-to-speech functions. You only need to install festival and KDE takes care of the integration. You will then have a speech-enabled GUI environment, including web browser. I use it

Re: Blind Debian Potential User

2008-01-05 Thread Ralph Katz
On 01/05/2008 11:57 AM, Shane D wrote: > Hello Debian Users, > > My name is Shane. I am new to the list. I am trying to install Debian > on an older laptop of mine so that I can use it for an Asterisk box. I > run a couple of radioshows, and need to take calls. > > Anyway, I am questing a way to

Blind Debian Potential User

2008-01-05 Thread Shane D
Hello Debian Users, My name is Shane. I am new to the list. I am trying to install Debian on an older laptop of mine so that I can use it for an Asterisk box. I run a couple of radioshows, and need to take calls. Anyway, I am questing a way to install Debian with Speech. I do not have a hardware