Accessible hoary live Info?

[Teresa Cochran]

Greetings:

I'm totally blind and have a disc in hand, but when I try to boot it, I hear
no speech.  Do I need a "cheat code", such as "noalsa", etc.?  I know my
sound card is working, because I've heard sounds under other circumstances.

i'm very new to Gnu/Linux, but I'm willing to learn!  if this question is
oT, I apologize, and i'd apreciate it if someone could redirect me to a kind
soul who could answer it.
vegasbat at trufen.net

Thanks so much,
Teresa