I'd like to get involved in speakup for just a while. I want to release a version of Vinux based on Ubuntu Lucid, and speakup is a critical component. Right now, speakup conflicts with pulseaudio, and doesn't coexist cleanly on a default Ubuntu machine. First, a minor bug needs fixing to compile on Lucid. Just add: #include <linux/sched.h> To speakup_soft.c. This allows it to compile properly on Lucid. There are some basic problems when dealing with pulseaudio. First, it doesn't even run until the user logs into Gnome. I'm unsure how sound is generated before that, but I do know it's not reliable. On multiple installs of Ubuntu Karmic, I find that the login screen is silent. If espeakup is installed, it takes over the sound card, and pulseaudio wont even start. I'd like to figure out a way to get speakup to play nicely with Gnome/pulseaudio. I'm confident it's doable. Thanks, Bill
