From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 5057C1EF6BD; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:13:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lava-net.com (shadwiga.lava-net.com [98.118.96.18]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D573C1EF69B for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:13:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: by lava-net.com (Postfix, from userid 1020) id 5C3C227800D; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:13:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:13:23 -0400 From: Igor Gueths 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: <20141012151322.GA20787@lava-net.com> References: <87zjd64c16.fsf@mushroom.PK5001Z> <86fvey1i06.fsf@vibrator.pk5001z> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86fvey1i06.fsf@vibrator.pk5001z> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-lava-net-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 5C3C227800D.A417F X-lava-net-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-lava-net-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-0.001, required 4, NO_RELAYS -0.00) X-lava-net-MailScanner-From: igueths@lava-net.com X-Spam-Status: No 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: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:13:37 -0000 Yeah Yasr could definitely use some TLC, it'll be interesting to see what the kernel devs do as far as providing an I/O event interface for something like a userspace screen reader to attach to. Also not sure what it would take to migrate Speakup to such an interface, as I have unfortunately lacked time to poke at it in any great depth for a bit now. On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 12:25:13PM -0700, Deedra Waters wrote: > I love speakup but i think here is where maybe we a look at helping with > yasr to make it a better screenreader, b, help with brltty and improve > it's screen reader functions, or c, just reinvent the wheel. Personally > it might be worth improving on the existing screen readers like brltty > or yasr > -- > Website: http://deedra.the-brannons.com > blog: http://deedra.the-brannons.com/blog > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Igor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.