From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CPJW3-0004sb-00 for ; Wed, 03 Nov 2004 06:41:27 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iA3BeaYD007487 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 06:40:36 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iA3BeaNw007486 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 06:40:36 -0500 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 06:40:36 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041103114035.GJ6259@rednote.net> References: <20041101213931.GA30821@bruzos> <20041102133354.GI6259@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.9-1.649spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: writing spk howto (?) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:41:32 -0000 Well, I think it would not be hard to point at all kinds of documentation that misses one major point or another. Fact is, dependencies are important and a system's functionality can easily become impaired by failing to manage dependencies appropriately. It seems to me the fact that so few of us build our Linux installations from scratch is ample testimony to this fact. As far as I now, there are not any package files for speechd-up as of yet. If memroy serves, there is a .deb for speech-dispatcher. Do you really think it doesn't matter whether a someone uses the package or attempts to build from scratch? Isn't it even more important for a newbie to understand this? Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > Sure. That would be great. But I have often read a howto that addresses > only a single distro, relying on distro specific stuff, with no notion > that people using other distros might be out there as well. We get > enough of that from Redmond. > > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >I aggree with you in a general way, but wonder whether you'd also agree > >that one should, when possible, stick to standard procedures on one's > >distro. In other words, when on Debian, install a .deb if you can, and > >when on Fedora, use an rpm if you can, etc., etc. > > > >Chuck Hallenbeck writes: > >>David, > >> > >>I presently have software speech running on my Slackware 10.0 distro, > >>using version 0.5rc3 of speech-dispatcher, and would be happy to share > >>my setup with you or help in any other way with the howto. It would be a > >>valuable contribution to make such a document available, particularly if > >>it were not specific to any one distro. > >> > >>Chuck > >> > >> > >>-- > >>The Moon is Waning Gibbous (75% of Full) > >>Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > >>Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074 > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >-- > > > > Janina Sajka, Chair > > Accessibility Workgroup > > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > > >janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (74% of Full) > Home page at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > Speakfreely address 24.105.197.112:2074 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040