I know you're not complaining for no reason. But I think this problem is like most problems in life -- nobody is going to solve it for you. Sometimes complaining works. I wouldn't count on it though. Yeah, taking over oralux might be a good idea. I'll contact the maintainer of oralux. I've corresponded with him before. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Grimsby Jr." <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:25 PM Subject: RE: speakup doesn't patch into 2.6.22.6 > Hi why not pick up the orulux progject. > This did some thing similar to what you are trying to do. > Also I am not and the rest of us are not just complaining for no reason. > We > are trying to get speech in to off the shelf distros. Ubumpto was the > best > for this but you saw the responses I got on that. > > Jim Grimsby Jr. > skype: Jim.grimsby > I say what I mean! I mean what I say! > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of John Heim > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:59 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: speakup doesn't patch into 2.6.22.6 > > Oops, I didn't mean to send that... > > In order to not waste everyone's time, I'll add that I'm toying with the > idea of creating my own live linux distro. I thought that instead of > complaining about other distros dropping support for speakup, I'd just > make > my own. Perhaps I'm not the most qualified person to do this. But I > figured > I'd learn as I went along. > > My live CD is supposed to come up talking via speakup & espeak. You can > download version 0.01 at > http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/nitschke/nitschke-0.01.iso > > Note: to su to root, you'll need to enter the root password which is > 'nitschke'. > > I've already used this live CD a couple of times to fix problems I've had > with machines. But I also know it failed to speak on my workstation at > work. > > Probably I didn't include the driver modules in the kernel. Like I said, > I > > may not be the most qualified person to do this. We'll see. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 5:43 PM > Subject: Re: speakup doesn't patch into 2.6.22.6 > > >> What is a git repository? >> Huh? Does this mean that checkout script won't work any more? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk at braille.uwo.ca> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 7:08 PM >> Subject: Re: speakup doesn't patch into 2.6.22.6 >> >> >>>I saw Dan's note but haven't followed up with any of it yet and >>> probably won't for a while but our git repository does work with >>> 2.6.22 although there is lots that does not work. We will of course >>> in time revert our speakup changes back but for now it compiles >>> against 2.6.22 with modules or built-in compiling only one synth. We >>> will not be supporting cvs any further so if it doesn't work now it >>> shall not again unless someone else takes on keeping it up to date. >>> For those brave souls that wish to try git the address is >>> http://linux-speakup.org/speakup.git but this is strictly try at your >>> own risk and don't complain if it bleeds all over your carpetting. >>> Kirk >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility >>> e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario >>> phone: (519) 661-3061 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.6/991 - Release Date: 9/5/2007 > 2:55 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.6/991 - Release Date: 9/5/2007 > 2:55 PM > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
