From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.93]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HnZCM-0002f8-00 for ; Mon, 14 May 2007 07:58:42 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.77]) by bay0-omc1-s21.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Mon, 14 May 2007 04:58:11 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 14 May 2007 04:58:11 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 128.243.253.217 by BAY103-DAV5.phx.gbl with DAV; Mon, 14 May 2007 11:58:08 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [128.243.253.217] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com Subject: Re: Jupiter with Softsynths? From: Michael Whapples To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000501c79589$9eab40b0$0301a8c0@cleverson> References: <000501c79589$9eab40b0$0301a8c0@cleverson> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 12:57:21 +0100 Message-Id: <1179143841.8023.8.camel@layla> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 May 2007 11:58:11.0496 (UTC) FILETIME=[25293A80:01C7961F] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:58:42 -0000 I think some of the limitations you describe speakup having is due to the design being entirely kernel based. I think jupiter is part kernel and part user space based. May be its time for some more advanced features to be added to speakup via some scripts or something similar, so we would have all the features speakup offers now at anytime, and more advanced features when the system is fully loaded. From Michael Whapples On Sun, 2007-05-13 at 15:07 -0300, Cleverson wrote: > Hi all > > It would be nice to have an interface such as Speechd-up for the Jupiter > Screen Reader, see: > www.eklhad.net/linux/jupiter/index.html > > Speakup apears to miss interesting features, or perhaps its documentation is > not complete? For example, it's not able to make the entire shell session > available for reviewing, and I become restricted to the 25 lines limit of > the current screen. > > Also, there's no way to program macros so that specific keys could read > different parts of the screen, as well as custom settings for different > apps. > > There seems to be a command to read a text continuously (insert + r), > however, it doesn't work fine here. It reads the first two lines of text and > then stops reading. > > Whether someone knows any solution for these problems concerning Speakup, or > perhaps an alternate console screen reader that works with Softsynth, in > particular ESpeak, I'll be grateful to know. > > Cheers, > Cleverson > > "Be realistic; ask for the impossible." > > >