On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 09:05:18AM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > On Sun, Nov 08, 2026 at 08:33:53AM +0100, john doe wrote: > > On 11/8/26 08:13, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > On Sat, Nov 07, 2026 at 04:41:39PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > > Once you boot, at some point, there will be two beeps. If you hit Enter > > > at that point, you get a text only / high contrast interface which is > > > cli, takes number input for options and will install both speech and a > > > Mate desktop. > > > > > > > The below are some clarifications for the OP. > > > > Pressing the "s" key, regardless of the BIOs type, should select "Install > > Debian With Speech". > > Karen already wrote that Linux's speech synthesis doesn't work for her. >
Hi Tomas, Yes, I already knew that. Once it's installed, she can turn the sound off, potentially. It's more the fact that it's the de facto standard in Debian for blind users. If Karen still wants to use it from her other DOS computer, via ssh, that's also presumably fine. The intent of my questions was to establish whether Karen's doing all this to *replace* her existing shell provider at shellworld or what she actually wants to do with the Linux box that's being built. Frankly, it's a unique set of use cases that I'm not sure a Linux box for Karen local to Karen will actually solve - but let's see what we can find out. All the very best to all list readers, as ever, Andy Cater ([email protected]) > Cheers > -- > t
