Re: Sonar GNU/Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-16 Thread Fernando Botelho
John, F123, the project I lead has cooperated with Sonar and Vinux in the past and will probably do so again in the future, but I did not know about The International Association Of Visually Impaired Technologists (IAVIT). I will be in touch in the next couple of weeks to bounce off a few

Re: Update related to F123e

2016-11-09 Thread Fernando Botelho
n my bookmarks. On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Fernando Botelho wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 06:16:20 From: Fernando Botelho <fernando.bote...@f123.org> To: Peter V?gner <pvdee...@gmail.com>, blinux-list@redhat.com, spee...@lists.freebsoft.org, f1...@groups.io Subject: Re: Update related to

Re: Update related to F123e

2016-11-07 Thread Fernando Botelho
, anything feel free to post. Thanks and greetings Peter On 06.11.2016 at 18:17 Fernando Botelho wrote: Thanks to those who have sent feedback to my emails to various lists. So far this is what I have found out: A lot of people are in agreement regarding the need for: * An easier way

Re: A new tts on Linux

2016-11-04 Thread Fernando Botelho
You are right Samuel, I had forgotten all about SpeechD-el, and it might have the features we are looking for. Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re: Fwd: Re: A new tts on Linux

2016-11-04 Thread Fernando Botelho
Thanks very much for this suggestion Raphaë. Best regards, Fernando On 11/04/2016 07:38 AM, Raphaël POITEVIN wrote: Dear Fernando, Message transféré Sujet : Re: A new tts on Linux Date : Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:38:04 -0200 De : Fernando Botelho <fernando.bote...@f123.

Introducing the F123e live iso

2016-10-30 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi everyone, Thanks to Kyle's help and that of others, we are getting started with F123 experimental. The idea is that even someone who is not a developer, like myself, will eventually be able to install Emacs or Spacemacs with Emacspeak, entirely configured and ready to go, by simply

Spacemacs and Emacspeak

2016-10-09 Thread Fernando Botelho
Thanks guys for the clarifications on contacting package maintainers. I am reading about Spacemacs, a kind of NeoVIM for the Emacs world. has anybody heard of someone using Spacemacs with Emacspeak? I have searched online but find no evidence of that. I am not sure if it is because nobody

Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak

2016-10-08 Thread Fernando Botelho
On 10/08/2016 02:01 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: Voice-lock gives you a different voice when the font changes, such as when you're reading a comment in your code or you come across a link in your browser. The default is a UK English voice. I was able to change this in the past, but when

Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak

2016-10-05 Thread Fernando Botelho
On 10/05/2016 09:57 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: getting emacspeak-git to build correctly probably will be your first obstacle. Expect at least one error due to a missing dependency. I got another error below that I'll research a little later today. Ok. I guess I will also join the Emacspeak

Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak

2016-10-05 Thread Fernando Botelho
On 10/05/2016 09:11 AM, Devin Prater wrote: Espeak support is "unmaintained", so it could break with any new release of eSpeak that may come along. There is an Eflite server, if you can get it working, that links flite with Emacspeak. Oh, I think it would be easier for me to find funding to

Emacspeak and eSpeak

2016-10-04 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi everyone, I have found instructions that more or less tell me to install Emacspeak with the Festival speech synthesizer. Since I am guessing that Festival is no longer being developed and eSpeak has so many languages, I would rather go with eSpeak. Does anybody think using eSpeak

Building ARCH

2016-10-04 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi everyone, I was slowly and painfully figuring out how to install the latest ARCH without the benefit of an installer, and slowly automating the process. At the rate I was going, robots would have helped me finish. However, I found a script that does it all, and it is ready to go. Since

Recording screencasts

2016-09-22 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi everyone, I have heard of advanced technical people using an Apple Mac to record screencasts showing the image of a virtual machine running Linux distros. Has anybody here been able to record good quality screencasts, including video and screen reader audio using entirely free and open

Re: Speakup and backups

2016-09-17 Thread Fernando Botelho
Thanks Zahari, I think this is just what I needed. I will need some time to try it out, but will send you feedback as soon as I do. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com

Speakup and backups

2016-09-16 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi everyone, I must be getting old, because I have become backup-obssessed. In addition to a backup of my home folder, I would like to use the ARCH pacman off-line alternate process, where one keeps a list of packages and the actual packages on disk, just in case Internet access is not

Re: VirtualBox

2016-09-12 Thread Fernando Botelho
Thank you Paul. I have not used Virtualbox in years, so it is time to revisit it. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

VI, Elvis, and NeoVIM

2016-09-05 Thread Fernando Botelho
Hi everyone, I have gotten tired of my own typos and started researching text editors with promises of extensive word completion features. Emacs and Emacspeak seems to be too complex to install and configure. I would like something that I might be able to use with a few days of practice. I