Information Request

[Gregory Nowak]

It should be noted that the freedom box stand-alone edition is more expensive then jfw or wineyes, so it would most likely not be a good solution in this case. I don't know the cost of the freedombox software off the top of my head, but it's not cheap either.
Greg


On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:32:05PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi Rob. Let me try to answer some of your questions. As to why Speakup
> doesn't support software synths, its bc it just wouldn't be viable for the
> time being. The main problem is that sound drivers and other drivers for
> such devices as usb port hubs don't load until the filesystems have been
> mounted. This is particularly a problem for a user who wants or needs to
> see all of the hardware boot messages. They wouldn't be able to read them.
> Second, if they got a kernel panic for whatever reason i.e., bad root fs,
> or other type of misconfiguration, the user would never know about it if
> they were using a software sollution. In terms of GPL options for screen
> readers for Windows. There are none as far as I know. There is of course
> the freedom box, which may be a viable sollution in your case. If you want
> to stay out of the realm of micro$, Linux is perhaps a good possibility.
> There are many good mail readers such as Pine Elm etc. You probably know
> this already bc you're running Slackware? You can write me privately at
> igueths at attbi.com if you have any further questions.
> 
> Gates go to hell, your OS is waiting for you there!
>