Top answer--flexibility is good. Having a choice means serving different needs more comprehensively. For example, in my case, on my portable machine, I may, or may not, have a hardware synth plugged in. And, if I do have one plugged in, it could one of several, a Litetalk or a DEC Talk Express, for instance. Because Speakup is modular, I can also switch synths without rebooting. In the long run, it's probably critical for Speakup to be modular if we're ever to see it included in the stock kernel. Ameer Armaly writes: > From: "Ameer Armaly" <Ameer_Armaly at hotmail.com> > > Hi all. > Out of curiosity, I was wondering what is special about running speakup builtin or as a module? Many people seem to use it as a module set, and I would think it's safer to have it talk at startup, to insure that kernels run smoothly, but this is just my opinion; maybe it's just because I used to misscompile my kernels so many times in the past. > Thanks, > > > > Ameer > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
