From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 324 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at befuddled; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:28:55 EST Received: from linserver.gregn.net (linserver.gregn.net [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5::1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 253A11EF515 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:28:54 -0500 (EST) Received: by linserver.gregn.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C63BA44045; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:23:24 -0700 (MST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1355261004; bh=Mm3tAVClXyeKRNvclCn8ZQqqFGH+CDx5YfVlVBRuVKY=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=B10hrU89cWhDQXvC8eV+mhjF1LiF9KLIRmDvetol3gG/SRtVE4aQBRaQPE4KWJztj QrYfDoKhi8rzL8dsG/sWARApnjAxjaZ/A6Ql9HXkSUi0GE+rOVIGmYhDHtW1lDRvQE k682AxPY2HrP7Bnc/U1T7wn2XkD12QvlIp+w3ySc= Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:23:24 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Are the days of hardware synths and speaking from boot numbered? Message-ID: <20121211212324.GA31490@gregn.net> References: <50C79DA4.8010605@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50C79DA4.8010605@gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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, 11 Dec 2012 21:28:55 -0000 On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 06:55:00AM +1000, Arthur Pirika wrote: > I think the subject pretty much speaks for itself. With > serial synths, and especially serial ports getting harder to find, > with the only serials synths still being made new are the venerable > doubletalks, should work be ramped up on getting software speech, > somehow at kernel level? I know there was a project working on this, > but not much has been done on it for a while. This seems to come up once a while, and usually ends up in a unresolved tug of war between those who say desktops with serial ports are still cheap and plentiful, and those like yourself who say the days of serial ports are numbered. I personally am not in the market for a new desktop, so haven't bothered investigating either claim. > Related to this, I assume it's still possible to build speakup into > the kernel, although most distributions package speakup as modules, > thereby allowing messages from the moment of powerup? > Yes, you can still build speakup into the kernel, and yes, as far as I know, most if not all distros which include speakup package it as modules. You can still get speech essentially from power up if you have speakup compiled as modules, which load from your initrd image. So, I don't see a good reason for building speakup into the kernel, unless you don't want to/can't use an initrd for some reason. Greg > thanks, > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/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