From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16KcLo-0002bS-00 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 04:33:52 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id fBU9XNF02537 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 30 Dec 2001 03:33:23 -0600 Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 03:33:23 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: speakup 1.0 and slackware 8.0 Message-ID: <20011230033323.F2467@uic.edu> References: <003f01c190c5$3badfda0$0100a8c0@tward> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from gshang@uq.net.au on Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 05:46:35PM +1000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Yes, but I'd much rather hit arrow, hit the enter key or click a virtual mouse as opposed to typping commands at a prompt. Greg On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 05:46:35PM +1000, Geoff Shang wrote: > On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Thomas Ward wrote: > > > Well, I'd have the entire manual entry converted into a text file, save it, > > and then if you wanted it in braille you'd have to configure a braille > > printer under Linux. > > If you want it in grade two then you'd have to setup something like megadots > > for dos using the dosemu program. > > I'm pretty sure NFBTRANS will do this under linux. > > > Speakup is not a bad tts app, > > Speakup is not a TTS ap, it is a screen reader. Tuxtalk, festival and > viavoice are TTS aps. > > > but it's biggest draw back is it will not give > > you any speech access to the x-Windows server, x applications, or anything > > with alot of graphical widgits. > > And the biggest drawback of a car is that it doesn't float on water. > C'mon! Speakup was never designed or intended to provide access to the X > windows environment, just as ASAP, vocaleyes and such don't provide access > to MS windows. I gotta say, I don't really understand all the desire for > access to X. It's not like DOS and windows. DOS was an 8 bit OS with many > limitations, whereas Win32 is a 32 bit app with alleged multitasking, etc. > X provides no functional advantages over the text console as all the power > is in the OS itself, which is where it should be. X is a memory and > resource hog and I know many sighted people who don't use it or use it > minimally. OK, so there are a few aps that only work in X, but those are > diminishing rapidly as text users take up the cause. > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup