suggestions for Speakup

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Sun Jan 13 11:06:23 EST 2002


Yes, and if you're eating a bannana, you can compare the taste of it to an orange too.
Greg


On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 11:07:49PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> 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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> >
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