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Post 304 by PxT on Tuesday 21st of November 2000 10:53:51 AM
11-21-2000
It wasn't so long ago that I was in your position, hoping an employer would take a chance with me....
Almost all of my own Unix knowledge was self-taught by reading and by playing around on various Unix systems. If you are comfortable working with computers, you will probably be able to get up to speed as an intermediate Unix user pretty quickly, especially given your previous exposure. You will have to put in the time to do some reading, and of course have a machine you can access to practice and explore as you go...
As for the job, I think you should be honest with the potential employer about your skill level...you may find that they are willing to send you to a training class to get you up to speed. On the other hand, they might need someone who has more experience...it would be better to find out now, than 3 months from now in the CIO's office!
In summary: Go for it, be honest about your skills, but also be honest about your eagerness to learn...
Good luck.
[Edited by PxT on 11-21-2000 at 06:16 PM]
Almost all of my own Unix knowledge was self-taught by reading and by playing around on various Unix systems. If you are comfortable working with computers, you will probably be able to get up to speed as an intermediate Unix user pretty quickly, especially given your previous exposure. You will have to put in the time to do some reading, and of course have a machine you can access to practice and explore as you go...
As for the job, I think you should be honest with the potential employer about your skill level...you may find that they are willing to send you to a training class to get you up to speed. On the other hand, they might need someone who has more experience...it would be better to find out now, than 3 months from now in the CIO's office!
In summary: Go for it, be honest about your skills, but also be honest about your eagerness to learn...
Good luck.
[Edited by PxT on 11-21-2000 at 06:16 PM]
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eBook-speaker(1) Unix user's manual eBook-speaker(1) NAME
eBook-speaker - read aloud eBooks using a software speech-synthesizer SYNOPSIS
eBook-speaker eBook_file [-l language] DESCRIPTION
eBook-speaker reads the specified eBook_file and uses espeak for output. A list of items on the eBook will appear. Press <ENTER> to start playing. When reading of an item has finished, eBook-speaker will play the next item and the cursor will automatically skip to that item, so that an attached braille-terminal will display the name of that item. OPTIONS
eBook_file Give an eBook_file as argument to eBook-speaker. Currently the EPUB format and the Microsoft Reader eBook format (lit) are sup- ported. -l language eBook-speaker tries to detect the language of the specified eBook. With this option the detected language can be overridden. By some eBooks this option is mandatory. SCREEN
The name and version of this program and the name of the author will be displayed left aligned at the top of the screen. The name of the current loaded book will be displayed right aligned. The second row of the screen will display the number of pages of the current loaded book (if any), the current selected level and the total number of levels, the current displayed screen and the total number of screens. The next rows will display the title of the item, the first page of the item within brackets (if there are pages) and the total number of phrases in this item. Items in higher levels will be indented. (Three spaces each level.) When "just playing this item" is active, a "J" will be viewed at the first column of that item. CONTROL KEYS
eBook-speaker recognizes the following keyboard-commands: cursor down move cursor to the next item cursor up move cursor to the previous item cursor right skip to next phrase cursor left skip to previous phrase page-down view next screen page-up view previous screen enter Start playing space pause/resume playing home play on normal speed / search for a label D decrease playing speed f find the currently playing item and place the cursor there g go to page number (if any) h or ? give this help j just play current item and place a "J" at the first column. l switch to next level L switch to previous level n search forewards N search backwards o select next output sound device p place a bookmark q quit eBook-speaker. The playing-point will be saved as bookmark. s stop playing U increase playing speed FILES
~/.eBook-speaker/ This directory contains the bookmarks. Each file has the name of the book and contains the name of the current item, the start- phrase of that item and the current level, each on a own line. ~/.eBook-speaker.rc This file contains the name of the desired audio device, the desired playing speed and the desired language. AUTHOR
Jos Lemmens <jos@jlemmens.nl> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C)2011 Jos Lemmens <jos@jlemmens.nl> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA 09 January 2013 eBook-speaker(1)