why two disable speakup keys?

why two disable speakup keys?

[Christopher Moore]

Hello,
What is the difference between "you killed speakup" <prt-scrn" and "you
turned me off" <ins-enter>.  I think the latter was one of the original key
bindings and the <prt-scrn> binding was added later.  

My question is whether one key to temporarily kill speakup in a terminal
session is enough.  I'm not familiar with the differences in how the two
keys operate, but perhaps the group could come to a concensus on this.  To
me, it is a needless point of confusion for a package whichh generally
works quite well.  

Also, when speakup is "unkilled" it would be helpful to reset the speech
parameters to the current values in /proc/speakup (such as rate).

Chris
-- 
The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (59% of Full)

Re: why two disable speakup keys?

[Lorenzo Prince]

The "you turned me off" function stops Speakup from speaking, but still
allous you to use the review keys to read the screen.  The "You killed
speakup!" function turns Speakup completely off, so that the review keys
cannot be used to read the screen.  However, neither function will cause
the keypad to work as normal, i.e. as if Speakup was not in the kernel.

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

Christopher Moore staggered into view and mumbled:

> Hello,
> What is the difference between "you killed speakup" <prt-scrn" and "you
> turned me off" <ins-enter>.  I think the latter was one of the original key
> bindings and the <prt-scrn> binding was added later.
>
> My question is whether one key to temporarily kill speakup in a terminal
> session is enough.  I'm not familiar with the differences in how the two
> keys operate, but perhaps the group could come to a concensus on this.  To
> me, it is a needless point of confusion for a package whichh generally
> works quite well.
>
> Also, when speakup is "unkilled" it would be helpful to reset the speech
> parameters to the current values in /proc/speakup (such as rate).
>
> Chris
> --
> The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (59% of Full)
>
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Re: why two disable speakup keys?

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  When you hear speakup say "you turned me off" that means it won't
automatically read the screen.  Review keys still work but new text sent
to the screen won't be automatically spoken.  I turn off speakup when
I'm doing a file download so I can watch the download without speakup
constantly talking.

When you kill speakup, you don't have review keys either.  I kill
speakup before I start X so speakup won't fight with the X screen
reader.  Killing speakup is also good if someone sighted needs to use a
text console.

The two keys do different things so they are both needed.

          Kenny

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 03:32:40PM -0400, Christopher Moore wrote:
> Hello,
> What is the difference between "you killed speakup" <prt-scrn" and "you
> turned me off" <ins-enter>.  I think the latter was one of the original key
> bindings and the <prt-scrn> binding was added later.  
> 
> My question is whether one key to temporarily kill speakup in a terminal
> session is enough.  I'm not familiar with the differences in how the two
> keys operate, but perhaps the group could come to a concensus on this.  To
> me, it is a needless point of confusion for a package whichh generally
> works quite well.  
> 
> Also, when speakup is "unkilled" it would be helpful to reset the speech
> parameters to the current values in /proc/speakup (such as rate).
> 
> Chris
> -- 
> The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (59% of Full)
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: why two disable speakup keys?

[Lorenzo Prince]

Hi,
What X screen reader are you using, and where can I find it to experement
around with it a little?

Lorenzo

E Pluribus Unix

Kenny Hitt staggered into view and mumbled:

> Hi.  When you hear speakup say "you turned me off" that means it won't
> automatically read the screen.  Review keys still work but new text sent
> to the screen won't be automatically spoken.  I turn off speakup when
> I'm doing a file download so I can watch the download without speakup
> constantly talking.
>
> When you kill speakup, you don't have review keys either.  I kill
> speakup before I start X so speakup won't fight with the X screen
> reader.  Killing speakup is also good if someone sighted needs to use a
> text console.
>
> The two keys do different things so they are both needed.
>
>           Kenny
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 03:32:40PM -0400, Christopher Moore wrote:
> > Hello,
> > What is the difference between "you killed speakup" <prt-scrn" and "you
> > turned me off" <ins-enter>.  I think the latter was one of the original key
> > bindings and the <prt-scrn> binding was added later.
> >
> > My question is whether one key to temporarily kill speakup in a terminal
> > session is enough.  I'm not familiar with the differences in how the two
> > keys operate, but perhaps the group could come to a concensus on this.  To
> > me, it is a needless point of confusion for a package whichh generally
> > works quite well.
> >
> > Also, when speakup is "unkilled" it would be helpful to reset the speech
> > parameters to the current values in /proc/speakup (such as rate).
> >
> > Chris
> > --
> > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (59% of Full)
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
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