[ubuntu-uk] text to speech apps

2009-08-12 Thread javadayaz
Hi, I want to convert from text to speech. Does anyone know of any free apps in ubuntu that can do this? Im planning on converting a book from text to speech so i can listen on my DAP. -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]

2009-08-12 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough
Not really. It was litigated in a district of Texas that's known for patent trolling. It'll come to naught, especially as it's a small Canadian company suing a large US corporation in the US. :) 2009/8/12 Harry Rickards : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thought this might be

[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]

2009-08-12 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thought this might be of interest... - Original Message Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0100 From: Andrew Guard Reply-To: Sussex LUG To: Linux This could be which breaks camels b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Sladen
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Paul Webster wrote: > What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? "Shiretoko"is the code name for developer-only releases of what was eventually shipped as Firefox-3.5 by Mozilla/Mozilla Corp. "Karmic Koala" is the code name for developer-only releases

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread John Matthews
Sorry, posted my last e-mail, before I got these two e-mails through. Thanks for the explanation. John. David Jones wrote: > Paul Webster wrote: > >> Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version >> of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and als

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread John Matthews
That is odd that you mention that. I had problems initially with the Shiretoko version, and it wouldn't install addons and I couldnt get other bits of it to work, since it got the final update, the addons now work, but its still called Shiretoko 3.5.2. I quite like the idea of being able to ope

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread David Jones
Paul Webster wrote: > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version > of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also > gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name > Shiretoko come from anyway? > > Paul > Shiretoko was th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread David Stansby
Here's a rundown of how firefox naming works in the ubuntu repos: The current stable version that is in the ubuntu repositries is called firefox The later versions (currently 3.5 and 3.6) are given code names (such as Shiretoko) so as not to be confused with the current default version of firefox.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Alan Pope
2009/8/12 Paul Webster : > Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of > Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets > updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko > come from anyway? > http://www.asoftsite.org/s

[ubuntu-uk] Firefox or Shiretoko?

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Webster
Somehow, an update some time ago installed Shiretoko as a beta version of Firefox 3.5. Meanwhile the old version of Firefox remains and also gets updated from time to time. What's going on? Where did the name Shiretoko come from anyway? Paul -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Sladen
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, David Stansby wrote: > If you have the 3.0 update then I've found this post The iPhone 3.0 versions added a compressed version of the iTunesDB for faster syncing, named iTunesCDB. It is a direct analogue of the traditional uncompressed iTunesDB and it's possible to go full ci

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-12 Thread David Stansby
Certainly none 'are required' but it's not possible to mount an iPod touch filesystem without hacking into the iPhone OS firmware, which has dubious legality. If you have the 3.0 update then I've found this post which isn't to hopeful: http://ow.ly/jMmQ 2009/8/11 Paul Sladen > On Tue, 11 Aug 200

Re: [ubuntu-uk] First generation iTouch in 9.04?

2009-08-12 Thread Ronnie Tucker
Paul Sladen wrote: > On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > >> Does Ubuntu 9.04 support the iTouch (first gen)? >> > > > http://matt.colyer.name/projects/iphone-linux/?title=Main_Page#Ubuntu_Intrepid.2FJaunty > > I'm sorry it's not more integrated, but my first generation iPhone s