From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.doorpi.net ([209.94.175.5] helo=mail.algoma.doorpi.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ho3nq-00054u-00 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 16:39:26 -0400 Received: from brent827e59cc1 (unverified [70.92.74.34]) by doorpi.net (SurgeMail 3.8f3) with ESMTP id 1986090-1775297 for ; Tue, 15 May 2007 15:37:55 -0500 Message-ID: <006d01c79731$203d52f0$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> From: "Brent Harding" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <87sl9yndw2.fsf@cox.net> Subject: Re: heretical thoughts was Re: Speakup dropped from Ubuntu Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 15:39:24 -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 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Authenticated-User: bharding@doorpi.net X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Tue, 15 May 2007 20:39:26 -0000 Well, what about that gear that is probably in service all around that uses serial ports for administration? I was thinking of going back to school for a networking-related career, and from what I gather, RS232 could be the most important thing I could theoretically want on a laptop. ----- Original Message ----- From: "C.M. Brannon" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:24 PM Subject: heretical thoughts was Re: Speakup dropped from Ubuntu > Hi folks, > I had a couple of observations that may not sit well with most of you ... > > Hardware synthesis is becoming obsolete. Why? More and more systems, > especially laptops, are being manufactured without RS232 ports. When > I buy my next laptop, I won't let the presence of RS232 be a > determining factor. The vendors of USB synths won't release their > product information, so these are unsupported. Thus, I'm not buying > one. Who wants to do business with people like that anyhow? So it > looks like software speech is the way of the future, at least for me. > Next, software speech is more convenient, especially when using a > laptop. You have to carry one less peripheral with you. > > The question to ask is this. Given the decline of hardware synthesis, > is it really necessary to have speech support within the kernel > itself? Software synthesizers run in user mode, so the benefits of a > speech-enabled kernel -- notably a talking boot process -- are lost. > > Comments are welcome. > > PS. I'm not a GUI user, so I'm arguing from a console / command-line > perspective. > > -- Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >