[Grml] Customizing GRML to start speech as early as possible

[John G. Heim]

On 5/7/25 12:14 PM, Michael Prokop wrote:
> To clarify the situation: for *you* only "modprobe speakup" is
> relevant, or do you use any of the specific modules like
> speakup_dectlk?
>
> Do *you* need anything other than just "modprobe speakup_soft" or
> alike to get it working/useful for your situation?
>
I mostly use the Litetalk driver, speakup_ltlk. But to use a hardware 
synth, you have to have a machine with a serial port. This is another 
reason supporting hardware speech synths is more work than it is worth. 
My blind friends say the machines they work on do not have serial ports. 
So far, that has not been a problem for me. Even my desktop has a serial 
port. When I ordered the mobo, I just made sure it had a serial port 
header block.

BTW, if you are interested, I'll be giving a talk a week from today on 
being a blind systems admin to the Campus Research Computing Consortium  
(https://carcc.org). Meeting details below. I will probably mention GRML 
but I won't spend a lot of time on it since i have so much to cover.

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Systems-Facing call, 2025-05-15 @ 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT**

*Topic*:*Accessibility Tools for Linux System Administrators***

This session will explore various tools and workflows that extend the 
capabilities of system administrators in GNU/Linux environments. This 
session will share methods for navigating server hardware, performing 
maintenance tasks, and managing installations using both talking and 
automated installers. The talk will provide an overview of console and 
graphical screen readers like Speakup and Orca, as well as hardware and 
software speech synthesis from a system administration standpoint.

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Description: 	Systems-Facing call, 2025-05-15 @ 1p ET/ 12p CT/ 11a MT/ 
10a PT
Topic: Accessibility Tools for Linux System Administrators
This session will explore various tools and workflows that extend the 
capabilities of system administrators in GNU/Linux environments. This 
session will share methods for navigating server hardware, performing 
maintenance tasks, and managing installations using both talking and 
automated installers. The talk will provide an overview of console and 
graphical screen readers like Speakup and Orca, as well as hardware and 
software speech synthesis from a system administration standpoint.

Speaker:

* John G. Heim, System Engineer Emeritus, University of Wisconsin
Slides & Links:

*
Announcements:

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Zoom Meeting Room:

https://utah.zoom.us/my/carcc?pwd=TjFuR3VVM2d5eE5zWnEvWWxDTFBCUT09
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