Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

big_bass/ttuuxxx

hi guys

I have a request, please - will you look at this

ftp://mirror.services.wisc.edu/mirrors/linux/distributions/speakup/disks/slackware/zipspeak/

http://mirror.lzu.edu.cn/os/slackware/slackware-current/SPEAK_INSTALL.TXT

This is a project I found [2002] for a slackware speaking linux, assistive technology for the blind - could it be updated/adapted to puppy v5?
would you give it a look?

thanks

Aitch:)

alienjeff · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2290 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

quietcat · Joined: 21 Jun 2008 Posts: 11

I downloaded the espeak pup and it seems to work quite well under dingo 4.01.

a few scripts (no, i'm NOT gonna write them, i suck at it) to read a webpage or read the word under the cursor might be what you are looking for

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Quietcat

Not quite the same project

This one includes a speaking interface starting at bootup

It's based on the Speakup project/Zipspeak

http://www.linux-speakup.org/

AJ - still as sharp as ever, mind you don't cut something [off] Wink

Aitch

justme · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 90

well....dang...puppy finally captures my attention with dingo and now I read puppy is wanting to nuzzle up to ubintu which I do not like...Hmmm...well one never knows..could be the best I have ever seen or a dead dog..one can only wait and see.

If I could get the spell checker to work on abiword which is bugging me then dingo is more than I had expected...and the fact that it does dial-up well is something all those still out there are looking for...all linux forums I have visited have frustrated posters looking to use it and here it is...

hang in there, you are already on your feet..just fix what is broken if anything and do not bite the hand that feeds...popularity does not come from ubintu..they just want you to think that. just like windows...mepis turned back..is there a lesson there?

just some thoughts from a new user

cb88 · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 1160 Location: USA

umm yeah i think slackware still supports this... they have had HW speech kernel in all the install disks i have tried and debian also just added support for it in the latest lenny RC

not sure this is what you are talking about but i think this is mostly for phone services

Béèm · Posted: Fri 14 Nov 2008, 16:19 Post subject:

I have made the remark before.
I prefer the development efforts go first to make the actual puppy more user friendly, more easier to configure, then rushing to a technical hype to 4.2 and 5.0
This will lead to much less questions in the beginners forum as very often people don't find in the menu's the configuration facility to adapt to their liking. Those beginners are totally unaware how to edit configuration files.
Specially a nice menu editor would be more then welcome.

I still feel puppy is for the technical freaks but not for the man in the street.

ttuuxxx · Posted: Fri 14 Nov 2008, 17:22 Post subject:

droope · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 814 Location: Uruguay, Mercedes

justme · Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 90

ttuuxxx
thanks...did not mean to question that here...and yes...but it is a little bit more complicated than that...evidently you have not attempted to spell check a doc in abi...

but I have managed to get it to work with some hits on another post thanks. that appears something that could use some work. gparted gave me some issue also.

other than that I installed to a thumb drive, made a boot floppy for my p3, and added several programs with relative ease and used a dial-up connection with little effort. so joe on the street can get that far. I'm impressed...hope it boots on the other machines as slick as this one

cheers

WhoDo · Posted: Sat 15 Nov 2008, 06:48 Post subject:

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK