Hi, What X screen reader are you using, and where can I find it to experement around with it a little? Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix Kenny Hitt staggered into view and mumbled: > Hi. When you hear speakup say "you turned me off" that means it won't > automatically read the screen. Review keys still work but new text sent > to the screen won't be automatically spoken. I turn off speakup when > I'm doing a file download so I can watch the download without speakup > constantly talking. > > When you kill speakup, you don't have review keys either. I kill > speakup before I start X so speakup won't fight with the X screen > reader. Killing speakup is also good if someone sighted needs to use a > text console. > > The two keys do different things so they are both needed. > > Kenny > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 03:32:40PM -0400, Christopher Moore wrote: > > Hello, > > What is the difference between "you killed speakup" <prt-scrn" and "you > > turned me off" <ins-enter>. I think the latter was one of the original key > > bindings and the <prt-scrn> binding was added later. > > > > My question is whether one key to temporarily kill speakup in a terminal > > session is enough. I'm not familiar with the differences in how the two > > keys operate, but perhaps the group could come to a concensus on this. To > > me, it is a needless point of confusion for a package whichh generally > > works quite well. > > > > Also, when speakup is "unkilled" it would be helpful to reset the speech > > parameters to the current values in /proc/speakup (such as rate). > > > > Chris > > -- > > The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (59% 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 >
