I'd check into something like Fenrir. Might do what you want, unless you need that low level access for some reason. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:40:59 -0700 Subject: RE: installing speakup on RHEL 7/8 > > Yes we are prepared to rebuild the kernel but if the code is excluded from > the staging tree then it's going to be a problem > > I have enquired into the possibilities of using a different distro, and I am > not going to say it will not happen, but the chance is extremely slim at > this point. Unless I can prove that we can't get speakup to run on RHEL > unfortunately that is not an option. > > --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 5:27 PM > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: installing speakup on RHEL 7/8 > > The Kernel is pretty much a black box from my perspective, but as I > understand it, Speakup is a Kernel module, each distro is free to decide > which kernel modules to include in their default kernel, and that due to REL > being an extremely conservative distro, they exclude pretty much everything > in the staging tree, which includes Speakup. > > I could be wrong, but I suspect that in order to use speakup on a REL > system, one would have to compile speakup and any other part of the > accessibility stack that directly relies on it, if not recompile the whole > kernel. > > If switching to a different distro that does include speakup in its default > kernel isn't an option, one might have better luck getting a userland screen > reader like Fenrir up and running instead. > > _______________________________________________ > 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