On 12/12/2012 07:23, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 06:55:00AM +1000, Arthur Pirika wrote: >> I think the subject pretty much speaks for itself. With >> serial synths, and especially serial ports getting harder to find, >> with the only serials synths still being made new are the venerable >> doubletalks, should work be ramped up on getting software speech, >> somehow at kernel level? I know there was a project working on this, >> but not much has been done on it for a while. > This seems to come up once a while, and usually ends up in a > unresolved tug of war between those who say desktops with serial ports > are still cheap and plentiful, and those like yourself who say the > days of serial ports are numbered. I personally am not in the market > for a new desktop, so haven't bothered investigating either claim. > >> I honestly don't care for a desktop too much either, but good to know that serial ports haven't died out on desktops yet. I'm quite happy with my toshiba core-i5. Related to this, I assume it's still possible to build speakup into the kernel, although most distributions package speakup as modules, thereby allowing messages from the moment of powerup? > Yes, you can still build speakup into the kernel, and yes, as far as I > know, most if not all distros which include speakup package it as > modules. You can still get speech essentially from power up if you > have speakup compiled as modules, which load from your initrd > image. So, I don't see a good reason for building speakup into the > kernel, unless you don't want to/can't use an initrd for some reason. > > Greg > > I keep forgetting about the initrd option, even though i keep seeing it in installation guides. I'll keep it in mind. >> thanks, >> Arthur >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>
