From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:18:37 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <003c01c70d88$b2f59220$6700a8c0@ERGO11> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000601c70d50$9a3c3410$230110ac@JIMPERSONAL1>
Could this not be done in /etc/inittab?
When runlevel 3 or another single-user level is met, start speakup (from a
script or program with lots of system() calls), and when it goes into x, run
orca and kill speakup.
HTH,
Chris Norman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Grimsby JR." <jimgrims@pacbell.net>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'"
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow
> Hi another idea is if it could be done. Have speakup in some way find the
> x
> windows screen reader and start it. Also if the x window screen reader
> could talk to the speakup modgel. So if you started speakup with a
> dectalk
> express for example the screen reader would talk threw the dectalk
> express.
> Also if you do not have access enabled speakup trying to start it would
> cause it to be turned on. Not sure if this is doable but it seems to me
> to
> be more helpful then just speakup going to sleep.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Sean Murphy
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:14 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow
>
>
> All.
>
> I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow
> console. This sleep mode should tell speakup not intercept any keystrokes
> or speak. Once you move back into the text console, speakup automatically
> comes alive.
>
> This would resolve problems with key conflicts with XWindow screen readers
> and speakup trying to read XWindow screens.
>
> I don't want to have to kill the module for Speakup everytime I have to go
> into XWindow. Xwindow is an up coming option for everyone. So lets put
> in
> the ability of doing this.
>
> Sean
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Sean Murphy
` Jim Grimsby JR.
` Michael Whapples
` Chris Norman [this message]
` David Csercsics
` Samuel Thibault
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