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Have you tried Boxee?

Hi Guys,


I have filed two bugs similar to this subject:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/786774
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/774531


However it is on their wish...

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I am not sure if you have had any joy with your TTS issue under Ubuntu. I have been running a project called open-sapi which is an attempt to the windows SAPI speech engines working under...

I have found the on my system that if I disconnect the CD drive from the IDE interface that the system boots with no hang or delay. This seems strange to me.


There is still the battle between...

Yes I have been using/developing using comercial windows TTS engines under linux. Things have growned to a halt due to a new very demanding job and no other help on the project. The key to getting it...

Try this matey:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/CanonPrinters

Try looking here for your printer solution:

http://help.ubuntu.com/community/CanonCaptDrv190

Just managed to get it running today after an hour or so.

NL

I have come up with a way to increase the basic size of a VirtualBox Guest Primary Disk.

I had the problem with a WinXP disk that I made to be 10GB which by the end of the endless updates and...

Can people list the voices they have working with wine please just out of intrest and those that don't.

I have the basic MS voices:
Sam
Mike
Mary
The newer MS Vista/7 voice Anna

VoiceWare...

You can type information about what your testing then I can always make use of someone willing to install and configure a system to run my project. The wiki will always hold more information about...

Yeah I am, using various SAPI Speech engines. I have not tested all of them though. You might want to pm me and have a read of:

http://code.google.com/p/open-sapi/

Please bear in mind that it's...

Try Vinux as an option for the OS not sure where they are with their development but it does a much better job than Ubuntu at the moment of the accessibility front.

If you friend uses/likes the...

Umm not sure for other TTS engines but SAPI / opensapi can be used with speech XML where you can define how the speech engine processes the speech throughout a document. So you can define different...

Just so you know I will be attending. Thanks for getting this initial meeting sorted Penelope.

For me it will be great to meet the core people working on Ubuntu Accessibility together rather than...

Hi all,

I have just moved to Lucid server 10.04 and have been trying to setup a new web server that uses rivet in apache. When I try to compile the rivet source I get all the way through until I...

I like the idea of using your multimedia keys with such an application or global key/mouse (I like the idea of using my scroll wheel to skip) bindings that allows you to pause/resume skip back, skip...

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So where we are now. I have a reasonably stable open-sapi that runs with Speech Dispatcher and Orce through wine. It is fast responsive and sounds nice. Changing the voice in...

That is exactly what it means. So far I have tested it with the basic Microsoft voices that come free with Windows XP and Vista. I have also tried a purchased voice from Voice Ware, Kate 16 and she...

I am glad to see someone making the effort to develop tools like this. I wrote a similar tools for windows back in the day when i knew what windows was.

I think the direction you want to go is to...

There is a little application called pdf2txt which when run on a pdf will put its written contents into a text file which in turn can then be very easily read with any TTS program or orca.

You can use a combination of compiz and ezoom. Which in theory should work out of the box after an install. Try you windows key and scroll away from you on the mouse. If you have 3D acceleration then...

You might be intrested in Vinux. This is not Ubuntu but debian (which ubuntu is based on) and has a lot of the accessibility features build into it, no set up required.

For zoom I use the eZoom...

I have a Canon printer that i am using quite happily on Ubuntu 9.10 karmic with the latest Canon printer driver version 1.9E Brilliant you say yes it is until i do a hibernate and bring the system...

Double post ;)

See here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/CanonPrinters/LBP3010