suggestions for Speakup

[Steve Holmes]

Only reason I could see some people doing this is that would be their
reference, especially if they are new to linux and speakup.  They look at
the current list of features with their "current" environment which may
well be winblowsand perhaps DOS.  One sightable example might be
windows/frames to speak selected parts of the screen.  Somebody might
compare this with a similar feature available in their favorite winblows
screen reader.

BTW, I see that as a valueable feature to read such things as status
lines, top lines, etc.  What I do for an interim solution, I can
continually respeak the same part of the screen over and over if I want by
parking the cursor with the keypad-Dash key so the cursor won't move and
then reading the current line.  Obviously nothing as powerful as user
defined windows.

I wish I had more background knowledge on this so I could help towards
bringing this feature to pass.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck 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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