suggestions for Speakup

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Fri Jan 11 15:43:24 EST 2002


Right, because Chuck outlined a good way of doing that with an internal as well as external synth. It certainly was a procedure I would not have thought of.
Greg


On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 09:29:17AM -0600, Jason Symes wrote:
> Wrong. If a synth goes whacky, it must be reinitialized to get it to work
> right, and not all synths have an on/off switch.
> At 10:06 AM 1/11/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >On 11 Jan 2002, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> >
> >> On another note, mentioning that something should be there because it
> >> is part of windows/dos screen review packages is a non-starter with
> >> me.  That means we should do something because it is available in that
> >> other o.s.  I base what needs to be done on what features seem
> >> reasonable to provide better access to linux.  I am not at all
> >> interested in keeping up with those other packages.  So if you folks
> >> want to make a comparison based on features, you might as well just
> >> piss off.
> >
> >Kirk,
> >
> >I support your position completely! Speakup is at the point where
> >it is vulnerable to the bells and whistles syndrome, where folks
> >want to throw in the kitchen sink. Stick to the straight and
> >narrow and make sure each feature under consideration really
> >belongs in a screen reader. Examples: the cut and paste feature
> >really did belong; the reinitialization feature really does not.
> >
> >Chuck
> >
> >
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> >
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