From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from uni03mr.unity.ncsu.edu ([152.1.1.166]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1EM8Bg-0001Cf-00 for ; Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:03:48 -0400 Received: from QUARK (cpe-069-134-173-071.nc.res.rr.com [69.134.173.71]) (authenticated bits=0) by uni03mr.unity.ncsu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4/N.20050816.01) with ESMTP id j92I3e5Z015132 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:03:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Sina Bahram" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:03:37 -0400 Message-ID: <002f01c5c77b$9d466bb0$6701a8c0@QUARK> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-index: AcXHe5xZ0k/pN/lVT9ii/PlCwwGjoA== X-PMX-Version: 4.7.1.128075, Antispam-Engine: 2.0.3.2, Antispam-Data: 2005.10.2.19 X-Spam-Status: No, Hits=7% X-Spam-Level: IIIIIII Subject: Speakup in user space, why or why not? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 18:03:52 -0000 Hi all, I have a bit of a general question, but please read the whole message before replying to my question. Can there be a version of speakup for user space, with no modifications at all necessary for the kernel? I do understand that this means boot messages will not be read ... I do understand that this means that installations will not be carried out as before, and no, I am not suggesting this as a replacement. I simply would like an application based version of speakup without modifications necessary to the kernel at all. Is this possible? If this is possible, would it then be able to run on operating system other than system five? For example, I want to learn FreeBSD, because a friend of mine has been telling me all about it, and I'd like to play around with it. I would, of course, like to use speakup with it. Could this be possible? I suppose I'm asking if this could be more possible if SpeakUP lived in user space, because if worse came to worse, one could always run Linux binaries in FreeBSD. Thanks for any advice you all, and I hope everyone has a great upcoming week. Take care, Sina