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Some speech synthesizers that are supplied as expansion boards for pc's, 
require specially written software drivers in order to run effectively. 
It therefore seems important to encourage relevant manufacturers to 
write such drivers for Linux and perhaps other versions of Unix that can 
be run on personal computers.

If these drivers all conformed to a common interface standard, then a 
device-independent screen reader could easily be implemented. There is 
also a need for braille display manufacturers to make product details 
available to those who are developing access software for Linux.