I haven't checked the new Solaris license. Admitedly, that's the question for Speakup. But, there is definitely a new license for Solaris. And, you're right. Brltty is already included. I know that! Sorry. <grin> Janina Kenny Hitt writes: > Hi. I'm not a developer, so my info is probably not complete. > Hopefully, developers of Brltty and Yasr can jump in and correct me. > > Since Brltty isn't in the kernel, it might already work on Solaris. The > same is true for Yasr. > > Speakup is a completely different animal. Even if the license allows > it, it isn't likely you will see speakup in Solaris any time soon. I > believe the license for the Freebsd kernel would allow speakup, but > there isn't speakup patches for it yet. The big reason is it will take > a lot of time and effort to create the speakup kernel patches for > Freebsd. So far, no developer has been willing to make the commitment of > time and effort to write such patches. Developers of Yasr and Brltty > please don't take my next statement the wrong way, but writing kernel > patches is more challenging than writing user space screen readers. > Programs running in user space can do things that just aren't a good > idea in the kernel. One example is any task that takes a large amount > of time. Time used by a screen reader in kernel space is time lost to > the whole system, while time used by a user space screen reader only > effects the performance of the screen reader. > > Hope this helps. > Kenny > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:37:55AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I wonder if the new, "open," license of Solaris will now allow us to put > > Speakup and/or Brltty into the Solaris kernel? That would certainly lead > > the way to an accessible installation for blind users. As you point out, > > Michael, that's a critical componant for community acceptance. > > > > Michael Malver writes: > > > One of the things I like about speakup is the ability to install the os > > > myself. I am totally blind, and own a dectalk. I know nothing of Solaris, > > > but would be greatly indebted to anyone who could do a realistic evaluation > > > of how "accessible" this is. The press release looks great, but most people > > > I know who have used Linux say the x-windows access with screen reading > > > isn't ready for common use. Has sun created something in terms of screen > > > reading beyond what is available in Linux?? > > > I'd love to install the os, but want a person who doesn't work for sun to > > > evaluate the usefulness of the accessibility features from the perspective > > > of a totally blind person. > > > Michael > > > p.s. I truly hope it doesn't appear I'm flaming the wonderful work on access > > > sun is doing. I'm simply concerned as to how usable this is before I invest > > > limited time. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 > > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com > > > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org > > > > If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list