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Hi, Bill.

You probably told me, but what, if anything, was the so-called reasoning 
given to you for Fedora's attitude?  I'd think that an outfit priding 
itself on being in the vanguard of free software development, as Fedora 
seems to,  would at least be willing to consider being in the vanguard 
of accessibility.

Al

On 03/29/2013 10:24 AM, William F. Acker WB2FLW +1 303 722 7209 wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>       Sadly, I must concur with all that has been said here, at least
> the negative stuff. I couldn't get them to turn Speakup on in the Fedora
> kernel, even though the modules are right there in staging. Happily,
> there's an organization called RPM Fusion. They provide add on modules
> for Fedora that the Fedora project won't include. They were happy to
> build the Speakup modules for their staging package. I build Fedora 18
> with the stuff from RPM Fusion and can make it available to anyone who
> wants it. Installation would require a kickstart script, or the dreaded
> sighted assistance. I know that this doesn't help with RHEL, but since
> Fedora was mentioned, I thought I'd chime in.
>
>            Hope this helps someone.
>
>