Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

[Sean Murphy]

All.

I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow console.  This sleep mode should tell speakup not intercept any keystrokes or speak.  Once you move back into the text console, speakup automatically comes alive.

This would resolve problems with key conflicts with XWindow screen readers and speakup trying to read XWindow screens.

I don't want to have to kill the module for Speakup everytime I have to go into XWindow.  Xwindow is an up coming option for everyone.  So lets put in the ability of doing this.

Sean

RE: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

[Jim Grimsby JR.]

Hi another idea is if it could be done.  Have speakup in some way find the x
windows screen reader and start it.  Also if the x window screen reader
could talk to the speakup modgel.  So if you started speakup with a dectalk
express for example the screen reader would talk threw the dectalk express.
Also if you do not have access enabled speakup trying to start it would
cause it to be turned on.  Not sure if this is doable but it seems to me to
be more helpful then just speakup going to sleep. 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Sean Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:14 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow


All.

I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow
console.  This sleep mode should tell speakup not intercept any keystrokes
or speak.  Once you move back into the text console, speakup automatically
comes alive.

This would resolve problems with key conflicts with XWindow screen readers
and speakup trying to read XWindow screens.

I don't want to have to kill the module for Speakup everytime I have to go
into XWindow.  Xwindow is an up coming option for everyone.  So lets put in
the ability of doing this.

Sean
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Re: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

[Michael Whapples]

It would be better to have some of those features that Jim suggests, but for 
just silencing speakup doing 
echo none > /proc/speakup/synth_name
would work. I don't know if that would stop speakup intercepting keypresses, 
may be someone can answer that.

Using speakup to control synths would be nice, but I don't like the idea 
when a software synth is used in speakup, orca, speakup (possibly with a 
driver bridging those), speechd-up, speech-dispatcher and then finally the 
TTS, just seems too much to me.

From
Michael Whapples

Jim Grimsby JR. writes:

> Hi another idea is if it could be done.  Have speakup in some way find the x
> windows screen reader and start it.  Also if the x window screen reader
> could talk to the speakup modgel.  So if you started speakup with a dectalk
> express for example the screen reader would talk threw the dectalk express.
> Also if you do not have access enabled speakup trying to start it would
> cause it to be turned on.  Not sure if this is doable but it seems to me to
> be more helpful then just speakup going to sleep. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Sean Murphy
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:14 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow
> 
> 
> All.
> 
> I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow
> console.  This sleep mode should tell speakup not intercept any keystrokes
> or speak.  Once you move back into the text console, speakup automatically
> comes alive.
> 
> This would resolve problems with key conflicts with XWindow screen readers
> and speakup trying to read XWindow screens.
> 
> I don't want to have to kill the module for Speakup everytime I have to go
> into XWindow.  Xwindow is an up coming option for everyone.  So lets put in
> the ability of doing this.
> 
> Sean
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Re: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

[Chris Norman]

Could this not be done in /etc/inittab?

When runlevel 3 or another single-user level is met, start speakup (from a 
script or program with lots of system() calls), and when it goes into x, run 
orca and kill speakup.

HTH,

Chris Norman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Grimsby JR." <jimgrims@pacbell.net>
To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" 
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 9:37 AM
Subject: RE: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow


> Hi another idea is if it could be done.  Have speakup in some way find the 
> x
> windows screen reader and start it.  Also if the x window screen reader
> could talk to the speakup modgel.  So if you started speakup with a 
> dectalk
> express for example the screen reader would talk threw the dectalk 
> express.
> Also if you do not have access enabled speakup trying to start it would
> cause it to be turned on.  Not sure if this is doable but it seems to me 
> to
> be more helpful then just speakup going to sleep.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca 
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Sean Murphy
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 1:14 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow
>
>
> All.
>
> I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow
> console.  This sleep mode should tell speakup not intercept any keystrokes
> or speak.  Once you move back into the text console, speakup automatically
> comes alive.
>
> This would resolve problems with key conflicts with XWindow screen readers
> and speakup trying to read XWindow screens.
>
> I don't want to have to kill the module for Speakup everytime I have to go
> into XWindow.  Xwindow is an up coming option for everyone.  So lets put 
> in
> the ability of doing this.
>
> Sean
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca 
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
>
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Re: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

[David Csercsics]

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>All.
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>I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow console.  This sleep mode should tell speakup not intercept any keystrokes or speak.  Once you move back into the text conso
le, speakup automatically comes alive.

This is already done for you. Just hit print screen in your console
running X. Then speakup will go away for that console but still work in
all the others. I do this on my laptop all the time.
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Re: Sleep functionality for Speakup with XWindow

[Samuel Thibault]

Hi,

Sean Murphy, le Tue 21 Nov 2006 20:14:02 +1100, a écrit :
> I would like Speakup to go into a sleep mode when you switch to a XWindow console.

Oh, that's not the case already?  Speakup would just need to watch for
VT switch, and check whether vc->vc_mode is KD_TEXT or KD_GRAPHICS.

Samuel