Hello, all: I'm trying to set up a Debian laptop (so this is not _completely_ offtopic :) for my Dad, whose sight has almost failed. I have bought Fonix's DECtalk software, and it works quite nicely on the command line (i.e. it "speaks" what I type), but the only application I can find which uses it is emacspeak, which has way too steep a learning curve and in any event is much more than Dad needs, which is basically web-browsing (lynx would be good) and email (for which I'd set him up with mutt or pine). I tried screader, but couldn't get it to work with DECtalk's 'say' program; and its documentation is so sketchy, I couldn't begin to diagnose the problem.
Any help will be much appreciated, and I'll report back (and probably create a website) so that anyone else wanting to set up a minimal but functional "talking" system will be able to do it more easily! Thanks Patrick -- Patrick Wiseman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux user #17943 *Google First, Ask Later* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
