From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179ImE-0001AU-00 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 00:58:38 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4J4wd704966 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 00:58:39 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 00:58:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: <007301c1fef0$b7fb7240$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I believe he is speaking of ViaVoice, and it does crash. Now, if the source were available, someone of us would undoubtedly have solved this issue. But it isn't. So, don't blame Linux. Blame IBM and the Windows mindset that they brought to Linux in ViaVoice. On Sun, 19 May 2002, Cecil H. Whitley wrote: > Hi, > Just a minor question, are you speaking of viavoice outloud for windows or > linux?? Things crashing under windows is normal, expected behavior. I > would go so far as to inquire if possibly there is a "crashed_recently" > variable within windows along with a random countdown timer...... > Regards, > Cecil > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Octavian Rasnita" > To: > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:45 PM > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > Do you mean that using Emacspeak is easier than using Windows? > > Nice joke. Really. > > And ... without a hardware sinthesizer, with that IBM Via Voice that likes > > to crash so often, or other software sinthesizers hard to understand, ... > > Teddy, > > orasnita@home.ro > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ann Parsons" > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 11:53 PM > > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Why don't you try Emacspeak and quit yawping! There *is* a speech > > output system that uses software speech. > > > > Ann P. > > > > -- > > Ann K. Parsons > > email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." > > JRRT > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org