From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rhombus.bright.net ([205.212.123.75]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16ObRH-0007eM-00 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 04:23:59 -0500 Received: from tward (woos-max1-cs-28.dial.bright.net [209.143.18.47]) by rhombus.bright.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g0A9Nv1E029029 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2002 04:23:58 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001501c199b8$8f2fef00$0100a8c0@tward> From: "Thomas Ward" To: References: Subject: Re: suggestions for Speakup Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 04:24:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: They are good ideas. Even perhaps even necessary ones. ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Myrow To: Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: suggestions for Speakup > Here are two things I would like to see some future version of Speakup be > able to do. First, I'd like to see a way of turning off the keypad. For > example, when numlock is on, the keypad would act normally and type > numbers. The second is some sort of frames or windows support. What I > mean is the feature where you can designate a part of the screen, say, > lines 2 and 3, and instruct the screen reader to ignore these lines, but > let you have them spoken on demand with a hot key. Both DOS and Windows > screen readers can do this, but I have no idea how it would be done in > Speakup's current state since it can't save settings directly. What do > you all think of these ideas? Are they doable? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >