From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.227]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IHu9g-0008JW-00 for ; Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:25:20 -0400 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t11so1262478wxc for ; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:25:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.94.20 with SMTP id r20mr9146347wxb.1186374318945; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:25:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?76.182.4.152? ( [76.182.4.152]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q34sm2130522wrq.2007.08.05.21.25.18 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:25:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: speakup, 2.6.22, and the way forward From: Lorenzo Taylor To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: References: <46A80FB9.4070504@gentoo.org> <018f01c7d3b6$eeb3d520$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20070731223653.GA27762@localhost.localdomain> <008301c7d3de$e912eac0$5501a8c0@mcgee> <20070801024959.GB32538@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:25:16 -0400 Message-Id: <1186374316.8435.6.camel@taylor.homelinux.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.11.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:25:20 -0000 YASR seems to provide a pretty solid starting point for a userspace screen reader. All that needs to be done to make it usable early on in the boot process is to switch from using a virtual shell to polling the current console. I have talked with Mike and he seems agreeable to the idea, and there is even a program that seems to be able to do this in Solaris that is available in the CVS version. The main thing to do would be to attempt to port this program to Linux and other Unix-like OS's and then integrate it into YASR in such a way that YASR uses the console polling method rather than the virtual shell that it uses now. This way YASR can be started from init.d or a similar startup mechanism rather than having to be started after a speechless login. After these changes are made, then improvements similar to the stuff we have in Speakup can be added. Live long and prosper, Lorenzo On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 11:46 -0500, Travis Siegel wrote: > Why don't they adapt yasr or something? > If they want user space, that's about as user space as you can get, > and I'm sure Michael wouldn't mind. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup