speakup by default installs to a software synthesizer if one is present like speechdispatcher. On Fri, 12 Aug 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > there are people using Linux in the console daily who deserve equal access. > Second, this individual's job is to make this platform accessible...which has > never meant blindness exclusively. > Further this individual is no volunteer, he is being paid to have up to date > information, not just about fedora, but for screen readers he did not even > reference like Fenial <spelling> > He is a single individual, That he has not seen a hardware synthesizer, due > to age does not mean they do not exist. > Is he correct that speakup default installs to a hardware synthesizer? > I cannot imagine that being true given the work on the program. > What bothers me most are his lack of actual qualifications, and absolute > dismissal of what he has not experienced..as if he defines Linux usage for > everyone. > That attitude is dangerous, because he is educating those outside of the > accessibility experiences, who will believe his ignorance is factual. > he has to be expert, it is his job. > > > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2022, Matt Campbell wrote: > > > Hi Karen, > > > > I carefully read and fact-checked what Lukas wrote about Speakup. He was > > incorrect to say that Fedora doesn't include the Speakup kernel module; the > > stock Fedora kernel has included it for a couple of years now. However, > > Fedora doesn't include espeakup, speechd-up, or the Speakup user-space tools > > (e.g. speakupconf and talkwith). I also couldn't find up-to-date > > documentation on how to use Speakup with Fedora, whether during installation > > or afterward. Such documentation is readily available for Arch Linux, on the > > Arch wiki. So practically speaking, his contrast between Speakup support in > > Fedora and Arch is valid. It also doesn't surprise me that a blind person > > who started using computers as a teenager in 2009 has never used a hardware > > speech synthesizer, and it's undeniable that these devices are now rarely > > used. So I don't believe he said anything that could be considered slander. > > At worst, his knowledge about the status of Speakup in the Fedora kernel > > configuration was out-of-date, and I'm inclined to let that go, because we > > can't all be up-to-date about everything, especially when giving > > off-the-cuff answers during an interview. > > > > More importantly, I see no reason to doubt Lukas's qualifications for the > > job he was hired for, much less to conclude that he's merely a token blind > > person. His personal open-source projects are available on his GitHub > > profile <https://github.com/tyrylu?tab=repositories>. Most notably, his > > feel-the-streets <https://github.com/tyrylu/feel-the-streets> project is an > > accessible interface to OpenStreetMap. That project's combination of Python > > and Rust, and its ability to run on both Windows and Linux, demonstrate the > > tolerance for complexity that programmers have to have to make progress on > > non-trivial real-world projects. I would want to hire him if I could. His > > atspi2_utils <https://github.com/tyrylu/atspi2_utils> repository also > > demonstrates familiarity with AT-SPI, the protocol that enables GUI > > accessibility on Linux. So he seems well qualified for this job, and > > obviously he took the initiative to get the job. I'm excited to see a young > > blind programmer working full-time on Linux accessibility. He could bring > > some fresh energy to this space that seemingly hasn't been there for a > > while. I look forward to finding out what he achieves. > > > > Matt > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >
