From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay103-dav10.bay103.hotmail.com ([65.54.174.82] helo=hotmail.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DqDBU-0001xw-00 for ; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:55:40 -0400 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 09:55:09 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 65.54.174.201 by BAY103-DAV10.phx.gbl with DAV; Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:55:09 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [65.54.174.201] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com From: "Michael whapples" To: "Lutz Kaiser" , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <001101c58241$17797c90$42be44d9@windows2000> Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 17:55:01 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="windows-1250"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2527 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jul 2005 16:55:09.0962 (UTC) FILETIME=[78229EA0:01C5824B] Subject: Re: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:55:41 -0000 Hello, You can find the package that suse uses at, ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/blinux/src/ This contains documentation for it. In fact the version there says it does support combibraille. From Michael Whapples "An optamist is someone who has never had much experience" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lutz Kaiser" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional > Hi, yes i've seen people working with Braile and a software-speach, on a > suse system. > > They told me some Brailedisplays would be automatically detect during > installation and it would be switched in a textmodus and all should be > usable by a blind person. > > but my combibraile does not belong to the braildisplays , which will be > detected. > I saw a site on the web, sblinux or blinux? where these displays are > mentioned. > > Sorry i can be of more help. > > The braildriver is called sblinux, if memory serves me right. > > Good luck, > Lutz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darragh" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 3:29 PM > Subject: RE: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional > > >> Right. Sounds like this job could be a bit more of a challange than I >> thought. >> >> Realisticly, do you think someone can work with Suse using speech or >> Braille? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca >> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Janina Sajka >> Sent: 06 July 2005 14:30 >> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >> Subject: Re: Speakup and Suse 9.3 Professional >> >> >> We tried patching Speakup into a Suse kernel on two separate occasions >> and were ultimately unsuccessful. We were able to get the kernel patched >> and able to get Speakup to speak initially during boot, but the kernel >> Oops'd, and we never got beyond that. >> >> We also tried Brltty on Suse with mixed results, but this was before I >> understood about suse-blinux. >> >> Darragh writes: >> > Hello, >> > I've done some searching and although it looks like speakup isn't > included >> in suse 9.3 right from installation it does seem possible >> > to patch the kernel with it after installation. >> > >> > Unfortunately I've a bit of a problem. I need to provide support for >> installations of Suse 9.3 Professional. This will mean that >> > I'll need to get speakup working during installation or I'll need to > find >> another way of independantly installing Suse with either >> > speech or Braille support. >> > >> > I would be for ever in debt of the person who can help me out with >> > this. >> > >> > I do have a Pacmate 40 cell Braille display. I think someone told me a > few >> years ago that BrailleTTY could provide Braille support >> > during installation of Suse. Is this correct? >> > >> > Thanks for any help you can provide. >> > >> > >> > Darragh >> > -- >> > No virus found in this outgoing message. >> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: >> > 04/07/2005 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> >> Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) >> janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org >> >> Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 >> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com >> >> Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go > to >> http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 04/07/2005 >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 04/07/2005 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >