Re: UltraSonix screen-reader for X-windows available at BLINUX site

[brian@henge.com]

Hello Michael,

>         pardon my ignorance.  I am glad to see that we can use x-windows,
> but will this program also support standard unix shells such as bash, or
> tcsh?  

Absolutely!  Running a shell in a X-terminal is peanuts
compared to many more complicated applications.  UltraSonix is not written
with any particular application in mind.  You want shells?  We got shells!

> Also, are there plans to support other synthesizers?  I use a
> keynnote gold internal.  I am pretty sure humanware would give the
> documentation out to a programmer willing to attempt the task.

Absolutely again.  The more, the merrier!  UltraSonix has
a good interface so as to make the addition of other devices
reasonably straightforward.

>         also, I have heard work of trying to make a talking shell for the
> blind.  This bothers me.  I like bas, other may like tcsh, ksh, or whatever.
> Why can't a screen reader be written that is independent of the shell?

There is, of course, Emacspeak, which does much more
than just run shells.  Emacspeak doesn't care which shell you run, and it speaks
quite nicely.

> Sorry if this is off-topic.

Your questions are directly *on topic*.

> Michael

Brian.
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