the solution to that is usb->serial converters. I'm going to school for IT, and hope to get a job in networking at some point soon, so made sure the laptop I got had a serial port. While this wasn't the only deciding factor, it was pretty high on the list. I was willing to sacrafice some of the 8 or 16 serial ports on certain laptops (why would someone want that many USB on a laptop anyway)? for a serial port. On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 03:39:24PM -0500, Brent Harding wrote: > Well, what about that gear that is probably in service all around that uses > serial ports for administration? I was thinking of going back to school for > a networking-related career, and from what I gather, RS232 could be the most > important thing I could theoretically want on a laptop. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C.M. Brannon" <cmbrannon at cox.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:24 PM > Subject: heretical thoughts was Re: Speakup dropped from Ubuntu > > > > Hi folks, > > I had a couple of observations that may not sit well with most of you ... > > > > Hardware synthesis is becoming obsolete. Why? More and more systems, > > especially laptops, are being manufactured without RS232 ports. When > > I buy my next laptop, I won't let the presence of RS232 be a > > determining factor. The vendors of USB synths won't release their > > product information, so these are unsupported. Thus, I'm not buying > > one. Who wants to do business with people like that anyhow? So it > > looks like software speech is the way of the future, at least for me. > > Next, software speech is more convenient, especially when using a > > laptop. You have to carry one less peripheral with you. > > > > The question to ask is this. Given the decline of hardware synthesis, > > is it really necessary to have speech support within the kernel > > itself? Software synthesizers run in user mode, so the benefits of a > > speech-enabled kernel -- notably a talking boot process -- are lost. > > > > Comments are welcome. > > > > PS. I'm not a GUI user, so I'm arguing from a console / command-line > > perspective. > > > > -- Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- How do I type "for i in *.dvi do xdvi $i done" in a GUI? -- Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces
