From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.254]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CPnDa-0006D1-00 for ; Thu, 04 Nov 2004 14:24:22 -0500 Received: from user-10ib9c5.biz.mindspring.com ([65.37.165.133] helo=bruzos) by pop-a065d23.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1CPnDA-0000kf-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 04 Nov 2004 11:23:56 -0800 Received: from bonny (user-10ib9c5.biz.mindspring.com [65.37.165.133]) by bruzos (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E08B1002D for ; Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:23:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <004201c4c2a3$e5934bf0$0564a8c0@bonny> From: "David Bruzos" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20041104035619.GA2553@bruzos><009201c4c290$ebda54d0$0564a8c0@bonny><002001c4c29b$cb82c180$0564a8c0@bonny> Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:24:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Re: earliest possible software speech at boot? 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: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 19:24:37 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: earliest possible software speech at boot? > Um, look, if you want the benefits of a hardware synth then you need a > hardware synth. During a boot you can't really run any other software > simply because the partitions haven't been loaded and you don't even > have a writable root partition mounted at that point. > David said: I understand and your point is well taken. So, if the root partition is not writable I can't run other software? > > This is one of the reasons I built speech into the kernel so you can > manipulate your system by yourself. If you have to depend on other > software to do that then you cannot manipulate your system by > yourself. > David said: The problem is that sometimes not depending on other software means that you have to depend on other people and that is not always an option... So, I just wanted to try anything that could be tried. Don't get me wrong, I think that Speakup in the kernel is a very wonderful thing! I also love my hardware synth, but sometimes I don't have it hanging from my laptop and my girl friend's laptop does not even have a serial port... > > At this point in time there are no software synths which will either > fit into the kernel or operate in the kernel because of floating point > restrictions. If someone wants to write one we will all be grateful. > Until then buy a hardware synth if you need it early. > David said: I agree, that would be so cool! > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup