----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 1:38 PM Subject: Re: earliest possible software speech at boot? > Um, look, if you want the benefits of a hardware synth then you need a > hardware synth. During a boot you can't really run any other software > simply because the partitions haven't been loaded and you don't even > have a writable root partition mounted at that point. > David said: I understand and your point is well taken. So, if the root partition is not writable I can't run other software? > > This is one of the reasons I built speech into the kernel so you can > manipulate your system by yourself. If you have to depend on other > software to do that then you cannot manipulate your system by > yourself. > David said: The problem is that sometimes not depending on other software means that you have to depend on other people and that is not always an option... So, I just wanted to try anything that could be tried. Don't get me wrong, I think that Speakup in the kernel is a very wonderful thing! I also love my hardware synth, but sometimes I don't have it hanging from my laptop and my girl friend's laptop does not even have a serial port... > > At this point in time there are no software synths which will either > fit into the kernel or operate in the kernel because of floating point > restrictions. If someone wants to write one we will all be grateful. > Until then buy a hardware synth if you need it early. > David said: I agree, that would be so cool! > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
