Re: [orca-list] my report on slint

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

So far as I know, software speech synthesizers or no accessibility are 
the two ways slint can be installed.  I have a doubletalk lt and 
couldn't get slint to use it for install but then again it could be I 
didn't have the right boot parameters.

On Wed, 31 Jan 2018, Ryan Mann wrote:

> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:14:14
> From: Ryan Mann <rmann samobile net>
> To: Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>
> Cc: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] my report on slint
>
> Can Slint be installed using software speech?  It seems interesting, but I don?t have a hardware synthesizer.
>
>
> Sent from my toaster
>
> > On Jan 31, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Didier Spaier <didier slint fr> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > login-chooser is all lower case and should be typed as root.
> > Instead session-chooser, also all lower case, is to be typed as regular user.
> > Yes pidgin is installed.
> > Many desktops are included but you can choose a default one during installation and change it after 
> > installation with session-chooser.
> > I just finished testing the new version but it's 1 AM here, will upload the new ISO and associated packages 
> > tomorrow (or later today, Paris time).
> > Stay tuned.
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Didier Spaier
> >
> > > Le 01/02/2018 ? 00:22, kendell clark a ?crit :
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Thanks for your very patient responses. I didn?t even attempt startx, a novice mistake that I didn?t even 
> > > attempt to try. Login-chooser I tried, I got command not found, although I didn?t know about session-chooser, 
> > > I?ll try that now, I still have the flash drive. Bh wanted to know about the iso size, it?s around 3 gb in 
> > > size, which isn?t bad considering the staggering amount of software you get. Again, these weren?t meant as 
> > > complaints against slint. The text installer is very good, and is very helpful. The inability to pick and 
> > > choose the software isn?t bad, you can?t pick and choose when you install windows, assuming you didn?t 
> > > address that in your other emails. I?m going to run another test, this time installing slint only, instead of 
> > > trying to fit it into a windows setup. This works very well by the way, the installer detects your windows 
> > > installation and offers to mount it and put it in your fstab. I wonder, is pidgin included? It?s an instant 
> > > messenging app. I can?
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> > > wait for a live version. I?ll download one when one comes out. I should?ve been clearer about options to 
> > > launch desktops. I meant that an option in the boot loader to launch a desktop would be nice, if there isn?t 
> > > already one. I can?t see the screen so there might be one. But I?m assuming that?s what your live version is 
> > > going to be so no need to rush out and add it. I still think slint is a user friendly distro, especially with 
> > > that text installer.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Kendell Clark
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