From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 740F21EF7C6; Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:57:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rockinghorse.reisers.us (71-208-102-245.hlrn.qwest.net [71.208.102.245]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B47781EF7B7 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:56:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [66.228.34.147]) by rockinghorse.reisers.us (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C57F12E136 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2014 18:56:55 -0600 (MDT) Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.8/8.14.7) with ESMTP id s9A0tma2016749 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:55:48 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.8/8.14.6/Submit) id s9A0tmCF016748 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:55:48 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: opera.rednote.net: janina set sender to janina@rednote.net using -f Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 20:55:48 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: the push to get rid of CONFIG_VT in the kernel and the future of Speakup Message-ID: <20141010005548.GQ1044@opera.rednote.net> References: <87zjd64c16.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> <543593E4.5040400@gmail.com> <54359B9E.10203@verizon.net> <5435AE9F.1090306@math.wisc.edu> <87oatm40zz.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> <20141009201702.GL1044@opera.rednote.net> <874mvd2cg8.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> <5436FD86.1040409@math.wisc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5436FD86.1040409@math.wisc.edu> X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 3.16.3-200.fc20.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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, 10 Oct 2014 00:57:01 -0000 Sheesh, how did I forget grml? I have it on a stick sitting in my desk drawer. And, it came with Speakup already in the iso image. John G. Heim writes: > It was for stuff like this that we created the International Association of > Visually Impaired Technologists. The #1 problem we sought to address is > that there's knowledge out there on how to do this kind of thing but it > resides in the head of individuals scattered about cyberspace. > > Would you be willing to write a blog or a wiki entry about this for the > IAVIT web site? Maybe we could put out a bootable image with most of the > work already done. > > BTW, grml just released a new version for testing today. I've been planning > on putting out a fork of grml that has a kernel patched for speakup and > hardware synths and a few other niceties for the blind. But there are only > so many hours in the day. > > On 10/09/14 15:52, Chris Brannon wrote: > >Janina Sajka writes: > > > >>What about a full computer on a USB stick? Boot the stick then start the > >>main machine drive as a vm. Am I crazy? I think not. > > > >Not at all. William Hubbs and I did this a couple of months ago, in > >order to figure out why he couldn't boot from the Linux on his hard > >drive. I'm not sure which one of us came up with the idea, but I talked him > >through the process of booting his physical hard drive as a VM image > >under qemu running in a live CD environment. The long and the short was > >that he was able to read the boot messages, so the problem was diagnosed > >and fixed in short order. > > > >-- Chris > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@linux-speakup.org > >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/