Hi Allan, You have us at a disadvantage since we have all read Kevin on the subject; it is probably easier to figure out what he is saying from only the replies of puzzled others, as you have done. If your analysis is correct about the thin-client idea, let me ask what is probably a dumb question... Speakup drives a hardware synthesizer on the Linux box where it is implemented. How would one send speech output over a link to a client machine? How would the client machine reproduce the sound? I can understand shipping keystrokes, mouse tracks, and video over a network link, but how would one ship the speech? I guess I still don't get it. Chuck On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, Allan Shaw wrote: > Hi folks, > > although I didn't read the initial note from Kevin, I have read many of > your responses and based solely on them I think I know what Kevin is > asking, so let me give it a try. > > summary, I believe Kevin is wondering if he could connect from his Windows > workstation to a Linux environment which has Speakup install on to and be > able to use the speech from the linux environment work across the network > on his Windows workstation. > > Assuming the above summary is correct, and yes that's a big assumption! > What Kevin is asking about is what we refer to as a Thin-client environment > such as is used with the Microsoft Terminal server or the Citrix Metaframe > environment. In both these cases all apps, are installed and driven from > the server with only the (video, keyboard and mouse stokes and in this case > speech) sent across the network to the individual workstation. In answer > to someone elses inquiry if this uses considerable bandwidth the answer is > no, that's why we call it a Thin-Client. > > Now, although I'm new to the linux environment, to the best of my limited > knowledge a terminal server product is not yet available for the linux > platform. However with the speed in which products are being developped > for Linux, you may only have to wait six months and one will be available. > > ... now if I'm way off base here, sorry for the inconvenience and you may > ignore. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is New Get my public key from website, http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh
