From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17BbjW-0003JK-00 for ; Sat, 25 May 2002 09:37:22 -0400 Received: (qmail 17844 invoked by uid 0); 25 May 2002 13:36:52 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp013-rz3) with SMTP; 25 May 2002 13:36:52 -0000 Message-ID: <00ab01c203f1$2529e720$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: Subject: Re: interesting experiment. Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 09:36:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: What also would be a good ida would have pcspeaker speach until alsa or oss loaded, then swap it for software. So then if you got a kernel panic or some other bootup error, you could here what it was. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 6:01 PM Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > On Fri, 24 May 2002, Kerry Hoath wrote: > > > Let's be realistic, most modern boards have soundcards on them, > > and something half decent can be had for $10US so > > gone are the days of pc-speaker and parallel port dongles > > True, but the issue we were talking about is the fact that sound usually > isn't set up on an installation CD and many people don't initially know > how to get it working in Linux. Also, if they choose Alsa or kernel > modules, sound isn't ready until some time after the bootup process has > started. The whole point of a PC speaker driver would be to provide > speech to somebody who doesn't have a hardware synth and wants to get > Linux up and running. Granted, I don't think it's real practical, but > that was what was being discussed as I understand it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >