-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I think compatibility with latest kernels and more mainstreaming is far more important than JFW keyboard look-alikes. The world does *NOT* revolve around Jaws! On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 02:56:58PM -0600, Glenn Ervin wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <jbahm at pcdesk.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:12 AM > Subject: Re: Speakup's future > ** You wrote: > I don't mean to sound like a jerk. It's going to come across that way, > but I promise that's not how I mean what I'm about to say. > > I have offered to assist a few times, but haven't really had any takers. > I am experienced in C programming. I don't have any real experience > writing Linux kernel code, but I am willing to learn if doing so would > help the Linux community. All I really need is someone to show me what I > need to know or to tell me where I can find the information. I also need > to know what it is that needs doing in the immediate future in Speakup > and who is working on what. I would be happy to do what I can to help. > > * I sure hope that someone would get back to work on making a keyboard > layout like JFW. > That is the one thing that really bugs me about Speakup. > I think it may make sense to some folks, but I think that the JFW layout is > the most intuitive, and I don't care to switch back and fourth between > keyboard layouts. There was once a layout for JFW-style keystrokes, but I > don't think it has been kept up. > I think more people would go for SpeakUp if that was available. GW-Micro > was wise to implement this in W.E. > Glenn > > _______________________________________________ > 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 - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://holmesgrown.ld.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHeCb2WSjv55S0LfERA+NgAKDV3lRLU52DRH1LFjXV4NfUdIfWXgCbB6Rg jmYZuJTmj6Ax6d1rmpLE0ck= =1FhH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
