From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 1184 invoked from network); 12 Jun 1998 21:23:46 -0000 Received: from mail.clark.net (HELO loas.clark.net) (168.143.0.10) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 12 Jun 1998 21:23:46 -0000 Received: from ccs.clark.net (ccs.clark.net [168.143.3.15]) by loas.clark.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA25361 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:24:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ccs.covici.com (UUPC/extended 1.12j); Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:59:32 -0400 Message-ID: <358196b4.ccs@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com (John Covici) Newsgroups: blinux-list To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Speaking Linux, solution coming soon Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 16:39:53 -0400 Organization: Covici Computer systems Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com Message-ID: References: <199806121031.MAA00370@jojo.inter.nl.net> X-Newsreader: Yarn 0.89 with YES 0.22 List-Id: But the screader option alt-i doesn't work if you enter a command and its output scrolls which would be very nice -- also you still have to turn it off when you type. on Fri, 12 Jun 1998 12:31:27 +0200 (CEST) Jos Lemmens in <199806121031.MAA00370@jojo.inter.nl.net> wrote: >Hello Martin, > >Screader can speak automatically. If you press alt-i screader will >speak every time the pointed line has changed. >In the next version of screader this will be default. I'd better >realized that this is important. >Stupid me!!! > > Best regards, > > Jos. > >> >> I'd be interrested to see this. The present speech package is not quite >> automatic. Screader that is. You have to hit keys to make it talk, while >> with the old dos screen readers, they would speak whatever scrolled down >> the screen. I don't see why this could not be accomplished wiht Linux. >> Good Luck >> Martin >> >> >> ---------- >> > From: Roger Butenuth >> > To: blinux-list@redhat.com >> > Subject: Speaking Linux, solution coming soon >> > Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 11:13 PM >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I have just seen some questions about speech output for Linux, I am >> > currently working on a solution. My plan is to fetch the screen content >> > from /dev/vcsa0 and to use a software synthesizer (hadifix/mbrola) with a >> > soundcard for speech output. It seems I have to hack into the kernel for >> > reading the keyboard input, but that should be no problem. >> > >> > Expect a "alpha test version" early next week, >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Roger >> > >> > -- >> > Roger Butenuth >> > University of Paderborn >> > FB 17, Mathematik-Informatik >> > 33095 Paderborn >> > Tel.: 05251/60-6611 >> > Fax.: 05251/60-6619 >> > >> > --- >> > Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com >> > Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux >> > Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux >> > To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com >> > with subject line: unsubscribe >> > >> >> --- >> Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com >> Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux >> Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux >> To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com >> with subject line: unsubscribe >> > > >-- > > ------------------------------- > Jos Lemmens > The Netherlands > E-mail: jlemmens@inter.NL.net > Homepage: www.inter.nl.net/users/jlemmens > >--- >Send your message for blinux-list to blinux-list@redhat.com >Blinux software archive at ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux >Blinux web page at http://leb.net/blinux >To unsubscribe send mail to blinux-list-request@redhat.com >with subject line: unsubscribe -- John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com