Ok, that makes some sense. SBL is used as you suggest, in a menu driven environment. Are the generic keybindings configurable? I've heard requests, and I admit I agree, that it would be nice to have more consistency between speakup and Orca. Thanks, Bill On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Pia <pmikeal at comcast.net> wrote: > > > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Bill Cox wrote: > >> I'm trying to port SBL (Suse Blind Linux) to Ubuntu. ?It is the >> default console screen reader in Knoppix Adrian. ?Some users report >> they prefer SBL, and two main reasons are given: > > The problem with application specific key bindings is that it makes your > basic environment inconsistent. ?I think the two programs were written for > different audiences but I could be wrong. ?I find in general most command > line only power users prefer a consistent environment, ie behavior won't be > application specific, whereas a user more comfortable with a menu driven > system who only wants a handful of standard applications to be smoother to > operate and don't care about generic consistency would prefer something like > SBL. > >> >> - SBL has application specific keybindings, all of which are >> user-configurable. ?This makes it easy to be more Orca compatible. >> - SBL relies only on the uinput and console devices, and doesn't need >> any special modules to be compiled for the current kernel. ?This makes >> it possible to ship as a simple Debian package. >> > > To make Speakup not be kernel space would not only require a complete > rewrite but also again would not let the power user or sys admin hear boot > time messages. ?I think in general because these two software packages serve > different user types that it is important speakup not change because it is > the only software package that meets my needs as a sys admin who needs a > serious full fledged environment that can talk at all times. > > Regards, > > Pia > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
