works fine with bitchx. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaijin" <gaijin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:12 PM Subject: Re: Hello... > Doug Sutherland wrote: > > Doubletalk has commands. At the device level, as interpreted over > > the serial connection to the chipset, commands are embedded in > > the text stream, identified by a CTRL-A or ASCII character 01. > > Okay. I get the picture. Perfect...if SpeakUp doesn't complain. > Man, I love that interface. Especially for laptop users. Never did > care for mice, and like my fingers glued to the home-row on the > keyboard. (asdf-jkl;) The laptop config makes it even easier. No > hunting for the notches on the F and J keys. If Kirk and Andy weren't > such ugly looking women, I'd propose to 'em. <grins> This is what a > screen reader !should! be. Dunno if I've seen it in X though. Oralux > kinda sounds like everything is in text mode, as far as the client list, > anyway. A friend at CVALE (Central Valley Area Linux Enthusiasts) also > sent me a copy of Ubuntoo, I think. Never got it working. > I was thinking along the lines of the old Sound Blaster's "say" > command for DOS, where you could have the computer say whatever. Might > also be nice to feed the synth's output back into the microphone and > record things to mp3 or WAV format. How well does SpeakUp work with > bitchx, do you know? Hanging out on openprojects was another bad habit > i'd like to renew. <grins> Thank you for the info. You've all been an > enormous help. > > Michael > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup