And how would that be since you can't load modules at startup right away? Speakup would need to be in the kernel with the *option* of choosing y or m during make config. Greg On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 02:08:22PM +0100, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > Yes, if Speakup were a module you would get speech right from the beginning > like now. > > Saqib > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Holmes" <steve at holmesgrown.com> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 12:54 PM > Subject: Re: Modularisation > > > > I would only hope that if modulerized that speakup could still speak at > > the beginning like it does now. Lately, I've found that info to be of > > extreme value while setting up a new machine and new hardware > > configurations. That's something I particularly dislike about windows; > > screen readers are applications and must wait til most of the operating > > system is already running before it can talk. > > > > On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > While I think that it is good that parts of Speakup has been included in > the kernel, I would still like to see Speakup be a kernel module so that it > can be added/removed at will. What do people think of this? > > > > > > Secondly, I personally don't like the fact that one must change the > keymaps to use Speakup. Could Speakup be changed so that it monitors all > keypresses, and if it wants to deal with them it does so and then all other > keys are passed through? This would, in my opinion, be a far better > solution. > > > > > > Finally I would like to raise the issue of security. Many of my friends > at universities in the UK use Emacspeak rather than Speakup purely because > our universities consider patching every kernel both a security risk and a > hastle. On the security side I also know of at least one distribution that > refuses to include Speakup because of it being a security risk. > > > > > > Any comments welcome. If there's anything I can do to help rectify the > possible flaws above let me know. > > > > > > Saqib > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
