Screen readers cannot give boot messages anyways, with software speech. -- Sent from Discordia using Gnus for Emacs. Email: r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx Long days and pleasant nights! Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Boot messages can be sent out via a serial console, without the help > of a screen reader locked into the kernel, where it is harder to fix > bugs and harder to keep it updated, as the whole kernel has to be > updated along with it. I know the serial console works, as I have a > uart header on my computer with a cable that allows me to debug any > problems I find in boot messages, and even in boot loader messages > that are shown prior to "starting kernel ...", from any other machine > that has a USB port. And there is yet another thing. I can use any > computer with a USB port and fully interact with the machine where I > need to see its boot messages, which is something I cannot do with > Speakup on any kernel as of now, and I don't have to purchase a very > expensive and quite obsolete hardware speech synthesizer to see my > kernel and boot loader messages either, as if I have no other machine > I can use to access boot messages, a $35 Raspberry Pi or even a $15 > Orange Pi will do quite nicely. > > Frankly, everything that Speakup can possibly do can be done by any > number of other applications and even any number of other kernels. > Most users only use software speech for daily tasks, and Fenrir covers > that. Others need to see boot messages occasionally, and a serial > console is best for that. It would seem now that Speakup is pretty > much obsolete, so even if it was to find its way into the stable > kernel tree tomorrow, it would be far too little too late for me, as I > have already found better solutions. > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list