From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hp6w8-0001yw-00 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 14:12:20 -0400 Received: (qmail 27993 invoked by uid 1000); 18 May 2007 11:10:53 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 11:10:53 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: heretical thoughts was Re: Speakup dropped from Ubuntu Message-ID: <20070518181053.GA27894@localhost.localdomain> References: <20070516014118.GA15268@gmx.net> <000301c7975d$68833350$6401a8c0@tunes> <20070518135707.GB28237@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070518135707.GB28237@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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: Fri, 18 May 2007 18:12:21 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 No, speakup won't work through a converter, but just about anything else, especially user space programs will work through a converter just fine. Greg On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 06:57:07AM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > The big problem here presently is Speakup is locked to the hardware > based addresses for a standard internal serial port. It has been my > understanding that these USB to serial port converters won't work with > Speakup in its present form. Until that gets corrected, the software > speech argument stands. > > Also, I thought new computers so often come without serial ports that > some day, you wouln't be able to even find one. > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGTewt7s9z/XlyUyARAn5uAJ4gATFw9ha2ih0ecV7S2HU+lvB7LQCdHus3 VjKopWSkFBy0KMVWHGiDI0A= =xT+E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----