That's very true, but one would think the linux kernel is the same everywhere? I have to say having RHEL on a workstation is going to be an experience for a lot of us, but unfortunately we don't have a lot of room to maneuver and still comply with policy, so we are basically stuck with it --David -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 4:33 PM To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: installing speakup on RHEL 7/8 I doubt you're the only person, but I'm guessing that the issue you'll run into is that RHEL is a server distribution and Speakup is a desktop package. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) Chaltain at Gmail > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 4:44 PM > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: installing speakup on RHEL 7/8 > > > Thanks Janina for the info, I wonder if anyone we can ask inside Red > hat to shed > some light on this topic, as I am unable to find any contact info for their > accessibility team. > > I imagine I can't be the only one out there who is trying to use > speakup with > RHEL, or am I? > > --David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx <blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Linux for blind general discussion > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2020 4:07 AM > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: installing speakup on RHEL 7/8 > > When he was still alive, Bill Acker routinely built Fedora kernels > that included > Speakup, both before and after Speakup became part of staging. > I know for a fact that Bill tried, and never succeeded at building > Speakup into > RHEL. Now Bill's been gone for a few years, but I've no reason to > believe the > environment has suddenly become Speakup friendly, sorry to say. > > No, I don't recall what the block was/were. > > I know that's not what you wanted to hear, but it's the best answer I > can provide > and I don't believe you're going to find very much different info. > I'll be happy to be proven wrong, of course. > > It'll be interesting to see what RHEL does when Speakup finally > becomes a first > class kernel citizen. If I understand the situation correctly, that > should come > fairly soon. > > Best, > > Janina > > Linux for blind general discussion writes: > > > > > > Hi there - > > > > > > > > I am getting a workstation at work that will be running RHEL 7 or 8. > > From what I understand, speakup is not a package in yum, but it is > > now part of the kernel staging tree. > > > > > > > > Does anyone have instructions on how to get speakup installed and > > running on RHEL 7 or 8 using software speech? > > > > > > > > Any help appreciated, thank you very much in advance > > > > > > > > --David > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > > Janina Sajka > https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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