Yes, and if you're eating a bannana, you can compare the taste of it to an orange too. Greg On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:07:49PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > Only reason I could see some people doing this is that would be their > reference, especially if they are new to linux and speakup. They look at > the current list of features with their "current" environment which may > well be winblowsand perhaps DOS. One sightable example might be > windows/frames to speak selected parts of the screen. Somebody might > compare this with a similar feature available in their favorite winblows > screen reader. > > BTW, I see that as a valueable feature to read such things as status > lines, top lines, etc. What I do for an interim solution, I can > continually respeak the same part of the screen over and over if I want by > parking the cursor with the keypad-Dash key so the cursor won't move and > then reading the current line. Obviously nothing as powerful as user > defined windows. > > I wish I had more background knowledge on this so I could help towards > bringing this feature to pass. > > On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > On 11 Jan 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote: > > > > > On another note, mentioning that something should be there because it > > > is part of windows/dos screen review packages is a non-starter with > > > me. That means we should do something because it is available in that > > > other o.s. I base what needs to be done on what features seem > > > reasonable to provide better access to linux. I am not at all > > > interested in keeping up with those other packages. So if you folks > > > want to make a comparison based on features, you might as well just > > > piss off. > > > > Kirk, > > > > I support your position completely! Speakup is at the point where > > it is vulnerable to the bells and whistles syndrome, where folks > > want to throw in the kitchen sink. Stick to the straight and > > narrow and make sure each feature under consideration really > > belongs in a screen reader. Examples: the cut and paste feature > > really did belong; the reinitialization feature really does not. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (4% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
