From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov ([136.177.7.10]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1De0Gn-000520-00 for ; Thu, 02 Jun 2005 20:42:41 -0400 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 6.5.2) with SMTP id 2005060218415873-228078 ; Thu, 2 Jun 2005 18:41:58 -0600 Message-ID: <001b01c567d5$0dde13c0$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:41:39 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 06/02/2005 18:41:58, Serialize by Router on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 06/02/2005 18:42:40, Serialize complete at 06/02/2005 18:42:40 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: What is the purpose of the optional /dev/synth device? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:43:16 -0000 The speakup users guide recommends creating this if you are building software speech, but It can't be registered in a 2.6 kernel. Furthermore, It isn't necessary to hear software speech with speakup so what is the purpose of creating /dev/synth?