If you're right about the trend, then once again we will have second-rate access, as we do with Windblows. I'll keep hardware speech around as long as I can. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "C.M. Brannon" <cmbrannon@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:01 PM Subject: Re: heretical thoughts was Re: Speakup dropped from Ubuntu > Gregory Nowak <greg at romuald.net.eu.org> writes: > > > I'm in full agreement with you there. I will personally not buy a usb > > synth, until I know that the manufacturer has released the specs for > > it without requiring an NDA to be signed. > > This isn't going to happen. IIRC, the Tripple Talk USB came out 5 or > 6 years ago. > > > Yes, gentoo, fedora, can be > > installed over ssh. Grml, ubuntu can be installed with software > > speech. However, what if someone wants to install and use a distro > > like debian or slackware, that support neither option as far as I > > know? > > If you have a laptop made in the last couple of years, you won't be > able to do a talking install of Slackware, Debian, etc. > This trend will become more pronounced; it's only a matter of time > before hardware speech is nonviable. > So we need to start thinking about long-term solutions. > -- Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.1/805 - Release Date: 5/15/2007 10:47 AM > >
