Great. I look forward to it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 5:52 PM Subject: Re: serial conversion with speakup > 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 at tomstroubleshooting.com> > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
