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* Speakup HowTo - Your input
@  Saqib Shaikh
   ` David Poehlman
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Saqib Shaikh @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup; +Cc: jobst

Dear listers,

Jennifer Jobst and I (Saqib Shaikh) have spent the past few months working
on the SpeakUp HowTo, a document that Kirk asked Jennifer to write and she
asked me to co-author the document with her.  This document has been
proof-read, and also checked by Kirk himself, and now it is your turn as
members of the intended audience (current and potential SpeakUp users):

Your comments, suggestions and criticisms are welcome, as this kind of input
can only make the document better.  Over the next few days if you have a
chance to review the HowTo then please do so, and we will try our best to
include your suggestions in the final draft of the document.

Thank you for your help.

Regards, Saqib Shaikh
Email ss@saqibshaikh.com
Web site www.saqibshaikh.com



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* Re: Speakup HowTo - Your input
@  Jennifer E Jobst
   ` Janina Sajka
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Jennifer E Jobst @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup; +Cc: janina

Greetings,

The purpose of the new Speakup HOWTO is to bring together a number of
existing documents into a single cohesive whole, with the goal of making it
easier for users to find and access any Speakup-related documentation.

It is true that the "Speakup HOWTO" and the "How to Install the Speakup
Modified Redhat Distribution" documents differ in some ways - different
people may take different paths to achieve the same end goal, and this is
reflected in the documents. Regardless, Saqib and I believe that
contributors to the Linux community, be they developers, writers, etc, have
a responsibility to create the best possible product for the intended
users.  Janina, you are absolutely correct in saying that providing
conflicting information would not serve users well. In addition, each
document seems to contain important information which the other does not,
and completeness is important in any document. As both documents are
currently in draft format, perhaps we could work together to develop a
solution that best suits the community's needs?

Sincerely,

-j

Jennifer E. Jobst
Linux Information Development
IBM Linux Technology Services
(512) 838-8298, T/L 678-8298



                                                                                                                                       
                      Janina Sajka                                                                                                     
                      <janina@afb.net>         To:       speakup@braille.uwo.ca                                                        
                                               cc:       Jennifer E Jobst/Austin/IBM@IBMUS                                             
                      02/01/2002 08:37         Subject:  Re: Speakup HowTo - Your input                                                
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I've taken a very cursory glance at the "installing Redhat" section. I
choose this because item because I don't have much time just now, and
installing the Speakup Modified Redhat distribution is my assignment here.

Off the top of my head I have noted several discrepencies between this
document and Bill and my HOWTO. So, I have to ask Saqib and Jennifer, did
you look at our HOWTO before writing this document? I would hope we'll not
disagree on our advice to new users as that will most certainly complicate
tech support here. Our draft HOWTO is at:


http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html

On the other hand, why not simply reference our document from yours? That
should fix all of this.

--

                                                 Janina Sajka, Director
                                                 Technology Research and
Development
                                                 Governmental Relations
Group
                                                 American Foundation for
the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net                      Phone: (202) 408-8175

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org






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