Hello, I'd like to ask for some input on a spec I'm doing for the next version of Ubuntu. We currently have speakup in the kernel but it's very far from Just Works. See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Specs/FeistySpeakup I guess I first have to ask what the common use cases are. Is speakup largely used by system admins and developers working from the CLI? Is it valuable to have a Live CD that boots to the CLI with speakup? We currently don't have CLI Live CD AFAIK. The possible areas I could imagine improving usability are: * Server edition -- Currently has the speakup module, but not simple way to install or run live * The debian installer -- currently used on the alternate and server CDs * spoken boot -- have all the boot messages read out as you boot * Standard CLI, simple launch -- For those who prefer gnome it may be difficult to recover when X fails. It should be trivial to launch speakup in such cases: 'start-speakup'. An introduction with basic operating instructions should be read out. * anything else? Another point I want to emphasise is that if we do this it would be in the main Ubuntu distribution, not a special derivative. It is not just intended for advanced computer users, but beginners as well. The features should then also get picked up by Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Mephis, etc. Henrik
