By the sound of it, you are under the impression that speakup cannot work with software speech. It can work with software speech. I hav used orca with espeak to install speakup with software speech on a machine of mine. Using speech-dispatcher, one can jump between orca and speakup without problems. HTH, Willem On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, James Homuth wrote: > I do understand. See my previous post on the matter. Also, there is the > additional headache of requiring, at least for the install process, a > hardware synth. Which I've never been a particular fan of. Plus, if I decide > to put it on a laptop, I want to be able to take *just* the laptop. Again, > not saying you're wrong or anything, but I kind of have my restrictions. And > at the moment, speakup sort of falls outside of them based on the > information I currently have on it. Some of it may be incorrect. At which > point I'll definitely reinvestigate. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: January 19, 2009 11:02 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: speakup is nice > > You don't understand. You get to have both Speakup and Orca and go back and > forth between them all day long. It's not an either or situation. > It's a both and situation. > > Janina > > James Homuth writes: > > My only knock against Speakup is it's strictly command line based. If > > I'm sitting in front of a linux desktop, I want to be able to use a > > lot of the actual desktop applications. Certain IM clients, for > > example. Plus, my limited money for hardware means I can't wander out > > and get my hands on a speech synth. Otherwise, when I install linux on > > my laptop in the next month or so I'd go with Speakup over Orca. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > > On Behalf Of Trevor Astrope > > Sent: January 13, 2009 12:07 PM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: speakup is nice > > > > Yep. I've tried orca and even bought a mac. The only time I use them > > is for online banking and sites where links doesn't work. Otherwise, > > speakup is my goto screen reader. > > > > I agree that we don't say enough just how great and liberating it is! > > > > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, John G. Heim wrote: > > > > > I think it's not said often enough. Speakup is really, really nice. > > > Lets face it, when the chips are down, you always fall back on > > > speakup don't you? I know I do. The accessible debian install,er, > > > talking grml CD, plus several a talking Windows installer I built > > > myself. They all depend on speakup. Speakup is like that old PC you > > > have that always works even when that new flashiy one is on the > > > fritz again.You know what I mean? You've got your flashy new laptop > > > or whatever but in an > > emergency, don't you want your old one running speakup? > > > Say your network is down and you need to make a serial port > > > connection. What do you want? I want speakup. When a machine won't > > > boot, you put in your grml CD with speakup don't you? If I'm in a > > > panic, I always just want something with speakup. > > > > > > -- > > > John G. Heim > > > jheim at math.wisc.edu 3-4189 > > > http://www.math.wisc.edu/~jheim/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; > sip:janina at CapitalAccessibility.Com > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com > > Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and > Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com > > Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org > Linux Foundation http://a11y.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.
