From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yx0-f193.google.com (mail-yx0-f193.google.com [209.85.210.193]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91C7D1032A for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:38:23 -0500 (EST) Received: by yxe31 with SMTP id 31so1250717yxe.21 for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.94.5 with SMTP id w5mr786624ybl.189.1263901103160; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (74-60-157-29.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [74.60.157.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm2523093ywc.6.2010.01.19.03.38.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:38:45 -0800 From: Gaijin To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Man, I think the last Debian upgrade really trashed my system... Message-ID: <20100119113845.GB5736@gnuked.clearwire.net> References: <20100117211738.GA9851@gnuked.clearwire.net> <4b549572.1f205e0a.4ff6.7bf4@mx.google.com> <20100118175516.GA12671@gnuked.clearwire.net> <4b54b813.0baa660a.305e.ffffae31@mx.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4b54b813.0baa660a.305e.ffffae31@mx.google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:38:24 -0000 On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 01:34:34PM -0600, Chris Brannon wrote: > Here's a dumb question. Is there any reason that you need a mouse connected? Yeah, for the GUI, when I need to swipe the mouse around the screen to visualize how it's laid out, or at least until Orca irons out some of the quirks, or someone modifies X.org altogether to support the blind. I was hoping the guys at X.org would take an idea from speech-dispatcher and crack open another channel for audible screen output to a synthesizer/screen reader, bypassing the need to decypher Gnome, KDE, or whatever other desktop manager was in use. Michael