From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from beaver.sibername.com ([64.15.155.210]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I2UUj-0006Xi-00 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:59:21 -0400 Received: from [24.226.66.233] (helo=tenstac) by beaver.sibername.com with smtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1I2UUE-0000Mi-6L for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:58:50 -0400 Message-ID: <032101c7b681$2837a400$ab00a8c0@tenstac> From: "Doug Sutherland" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000c01c7b2ab$984096f0$6401a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:00:24 -0500 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 6.00.2800.1807 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - beaver.sibername.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - proficio.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: 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: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:59:22 -0000 A bit of a delayed reply ... Keith wrote: I believe Hardware speech is going to be a thing of the passed; especially with computers becoming USB-connection based, and having no serial ports. I can't imagine why that should obsolete speech hardware, there will just have to be new drivers and some software work, that's all. -- Doug