Re: Getting Involved

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Hey so I set up what I could with a older laptop but I was looking through
our past conversations, and I wasn=E2=80=99t aware that faster-whisper didn=
=E2=80=99t work
within program, is there a effort to fix this?

On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 18:12 Bridger Reed-Lewis <[email protected]=
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wrote:

> Ordering a gen 10 thinkpad x1 carbon with 16gb of ram, i7, 512gb NVME,
> touch screen for 280$ should be an amazing little machine can't wait to
> install arch on it!
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 11:55=E2=80=AFPM Rob Whyte <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>
>> Good afternoon from Australia;
>>
>> I'm Rob and have been following this, I come from a vision impairement
>> perspective.
>>
>> This is all very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed the Youtube
>> presentation, I also have been involved in Vinux distro for vision
>> impaired though it has become stale in past several years.
>>
>> My daily driver is nix either Freebsd or Debian dirivitives.
>>
>> Due to tennis elbow/RSI I use a combination of Kenesis keyboard, foot
>> switch, screen reader and at work Dragon at times.
>>
>> What ever happened to Simon software that was about for a long time on
>> nix?
>>
>>
>> I'd be interested in sharing further TTS options for those that prefer
>> more treditional voices suxh as Eloquence on Linux availabel through
>> Oralux.
>>
>>
>> What was the IRC channel, I missed it in the thread/  My handle on IRC
>> is Fudge.
>>
>>
>> Thank you all, will be following along.
>>
>> Rob Whyte
>>
>> 73
>>
>> On 4/6/25 17:48, Benson Muite wrote:
>> > On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, at 10:31 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:
>> >> Oh, I guess this is a question for the both of you. I prefer Arch
>> >> linux with KDE, what's your opinion on that, are there any
>> disadvantages? I
>> >> know they get updates a little less often, I just know packages and
>> >> applications can be installed manually if needed.
>> >>
>> > There is a page on the Arch wiki:
>> > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE
>> >
>> > You may want to contact the maintainers for the metapackage:
>> > https://archlinux.org/packages/kde-unstable/any/plasma-meta/
>> > They both maintain many packages, but may be better able to
>> > advise on this and on community communication channels.
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto">Hey so I set up what I could with a older laptop but I wa=
s looking through our past conversations, and I wasn=E2=80=99t aware that f=
aster-whisper didn=E2=80=99t work within program, is there a effort to fix =
this?=C2=A0</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Jun 8, 2025 at 18:12 Bridger =
Reed-Lewis &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">bridgerreedlew=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid=
;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir=3D"ltr">Orde=
ring a gen 10 thinkpad x1 carbon with 16gb of ram, i7, 512gb NVME, touch sc=
reen for 280$ should be an amazing little machine can&#39;t wait to install=
 arch on it!=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" cla=
ss=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 11:55=E2=80=AFPM Rob Whyte &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>=
&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px =
0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1e=
x;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Good afternoon from Australia;<br>
<br>
I&#39;m Rob and have been following this, I come from a vision impairement =
<br>
perspective.<br>
<br>
This is all very interesting and I thoroughly enjoyed the Youtube <br>
presentation, I also have been involved in Vinux distro for vision <br>
impaired though it has become stale in past several years.<br>
<br>
My daily driver is nix either Freebsd or Debian dirivitives.<br>
<br>
Due to tennis elbow/RSI I use a combination of Kenesis keyboard, foot <br>
switch, screen reader and at work Dragon at times.<br>
<br>
What ever happened to Simon software that was about for a long time on nix?=
<br>
<br>
<br>
I&#39;d be interested in sharing further TTS options for those that prefer =
<br>
more treditional voices suxh as Eloquence on Linux availabel through Oralux=
.<br>
<br>
<br>
What was the IRC channel, I missed it in the thread/=C2=A0 My handle on IRC=
 <br>
is Fudge.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you all, will be following along.<br>
<br>
Rob Whyte<br>
<br>
73<br>
<br>
On 4/6/25 17:48, Benson Muite wrote:<br>
&gt; On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, at 10:31 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; Oh, I guess this is a question for the both of you. I prefer Arch<=
br>
&gt;&gt; linux with KDE, what&#39;s your opinion on that, are there any dis=
advantages? I<br>
&gt;&gt; know they get updates a little less often, I just know packages an=
d<br>
&gt;&gt; applications can be installed manually if needed.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; There is a page on the Arch wiki:<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/KDE</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; You may want to contact the maintainers for the metapackage:<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://archlinux.org/packages/kde-unstable/any/plasma-meta=
/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://archlinux.org/packages/kde-=
unstable/any/plasma-meta/</a><br>
&gt; They both maintain many packages, but may be better able to<br>
&gt; advise on this and on community communication channels.<br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div></div>

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