Re: [orca-list] OT: Need some help with installing Slint

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi Eric,

Slint version 14.2 is obsolete.

The current version is downloadable from: 
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/iso/

The ISO is: 
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/iso/slint64-14.2.1.4.iso

More information:
slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/doc/

Website: https://slint.fr

Le 15/03/2021 à 11:00, Eric Oyen via orca-list a écrit :
> Hello everyone,
>
> Well, I acquired and burned Slint version 14.2 to USB and went to install it on my laptop. Then I ran into an 
> immediate problem: no speech. I have tried with ctrl-s, shift-s and any of the other usual commands that 
> should work at the boot prompt. nothing. No sound, no accessibility.
>
> My sighted roomie even tried to help, but because of his severe dyslexia, he was unable to make heads or 
> tails of the screen.
>
> So, here I am, totally blind, with a sighted roomie who can’t read and there appears to be no way to install 
> without either a braille display device being plugged in or a hardware synths  that can be detected. Any ways 
> around this that anyone knows?
>
> -Eric