Hi, I'm not trying to be mysterious or anything, but I am currently working on a fix for that particular problem. I should have a beta version available by the middle to end of the month. (November) -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm at pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Moore" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:51 PM Subject: Re: serial conversion with speakup > Hi. > There is a lot to be said for using software speech on laptops. > I do it myself, but your forgetting about the problem of not being able to > install the os on the laptop with out speech. > > Tom > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 09:38:32PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: >> Frankly, I would just go with software speech--especially if you have a >> decent audio system on that laptop and are able to play other audio >> while getting software speech. >> >> To my mind any kind of attachment on a laptop is a nuisance, whether its >> a serial cable to an external synth, or a pcmcia card plus the cable and >> the hw synth, or a usb cable and synth for that matter. I believe >> laptops are more easily used without extra appendages hanging off every >> port. >> >> Lorne Webber writes: >> > while we're on the topic of conversion into serial, another option that >> > I'm >> > thinking about is PCMCIA to serial. >> > I too have a laptop that is sadly lacking a serial port, as well as >> > Zack, I >> > know at least one other person right off who doesn't have a serial port >> > on >> > their laptop. It looks like their going the way of 3 1/2 inch floppy >> > drives >> > on laptops, obviously I prefer having a floppy drive, and of course a >> > serial >> > port too. >> > I'm afraid this is becoming a trend, and the community is going to have >> > to >> > adapt to it. >> > obviously USB to serial is probably not the answer, but I found a >> > company >> > that manufactures PCMCIA to serial, and, I figure, Because they share >> > electronic fundamentals with native bus architectures such as PCI and >> > ISA, >> > they function exactly like standard COM ports and should be able to be >> > addressed as such by most application software. >> > (of course that's also what the manufactures say about USB to serial >> > converters), >> > the address for the particular product I'm interested in is: >> > http://www.quatech.com/catalog/rs232_pcmcia.php >> > I'm curious what you folks think about this possibility, its drawbacks >> > as >> > well as its benefits. one benefit besides the obvious one if it >> > succeeds, is >> > that the frequency of a laptop not having both a serial and PCMCIA port >> > is >> > virtually unheard of, but again, I could be wrong, and If I am, please >> > tell >> > me. >> > >> > Thanks. >> > Lorne >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Chair >> Accessibility Workgroup >> Free Standards Group (FSG) >> >> janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
