Re: Screen-free Linux?
Two replies cut'n'pasted into one:
(Post 1)
On 15 Mar 2002 11:08:48 -0600
John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
> csj writes:
> > What I'm looking for is a species of Linux that lets users interact
> > with the computer without the use of a monitor.
>
> No need for a special Linux distribution. Just get yourself a
> printing terminal. I recommend a Teletype Model 40.
Perhaps you missed the part where I wrote "that can use a consumer-grade
sound-card plus speaker/headset setup". In other words: a computer whose
parts you can assemble from the black market. Nothing specialist or
specialised. Besides, a printing terminal wouldn't be too eco-friendly ;-).
(Post 2)
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:12:16 -0900
jerry <jondola@mtaonline.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 23:58:10 +0800
> csj <csj@mindgate.net> wrote:
>
>
> > What I'm looking for is a species of Linux that lets users interact
> > with the computer without the use of a monitor. And I'm not thinking
> > of servers and render farms. What I have in mind is a Linux that can
> > be operated by the blind or by a person who simply wants to save on
> > his photons bill.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Sites I have consulted: http://ocularis.sourceforge.net/,
> > http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/emacspeak/emacspeak.html,
> > http://www.linux-speakup.org/
>
> You might check festival:
> http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival/
> and/or:
> http://www.leb.net/blinux/
Would you happen to know how to interface festival with, say, emacspeak?
>From reading the documents it seems festival would do fine as a plain
text-to-speech convert. But how about the OS interaction?
Blinux appears to require the use of a specialised speech synthesis card.
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