Exactly which kernel would have the doubletalk pc driver in it? If you put that into a kernel and speakup, then neither driver has a chance of working. Greg On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:40:31AM +0100, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > Hi, > > Having just finished my exams yesterday, I've been talking to Patrick > Volkerding (aka Mr Slackware). He's very interested in accessibility. As you > may know he already has Speakup boot-disks in the original distribution. > > I asked him if he would consider adding Emacspeak, and there and then, he > did it! He asked if you needed other software to use different devices, and > I told him you needed Emacspeak-SS for other synths. He added this too! And > then, he added BrlTTY as well, and is considering adding Flite and NFBTrans > (though maybe not in 8.1). > > So all in all, with Redhat having Emacspeak, Debian coming with > Emacspeak/Emacspeak-ss/Brltty, and Slackware coming with all of > Speakup/Emacspeak/Emacspeak-ss/BrlTTY and offering to compile the Doubletalk > PC driver into the default kernel, Linux and console accessibility really > does look good (IMHO). > > Just thought I'd let you guys know this, and look forward to Slackware 8.1 > being released. > > Saqib > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
