red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Sat Sep 28 15:06:15 EDT 2002


Yes, rusty. Speakup is part of absolutely every boxed set of Red Hat 8.0, and part of every iso download from any Red
Hat mirror beginning Monday.


Sunfire writes:
> From: "Sunfire" <rusty_81 at msn.com>
> 
> gratz to redhat you and bill!!
> sorry if i get over excited here..i remember when linux was never accessible
> to blind and when you had to even compile the kernel on install just to
> config it...
> anyways... you might have to explain something to me...(sorry)
> what does it mean when redhat is no longer speakup modified? does this mean
> that speakup is hardcore built in to the default kernel already?? just
> wondering since i am very new with speakup emacspeak and aceessibility to
> linux...i am very interested in it..let me know because any thing i can get
> to help me run my server the better...unfortunatly i only have a sound card
> so emacspeak will have to be used but... my opinion about redhat 7.3 is keep
> it around for people who still wish to use it or need files for some reason
> or another... as far as how long to keep it i dont know right now.. i guess
> for now about 2 or 3 months after 8.0 release...
> 
> tnx for all the work you all have done!!!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified
> 
> 
> > Dear Friends:
> >
> > It now seems all but official. Even the Red Hat Home Page is featuring
> articles about Red Hat 8.0 which plainly state it
> > will be released this coming Monday, September 30. I am delighted to
> inform you that Speakup and the Speakup keymap are
> > included in this release. Sites such as Linux Central are already taking
> orders, but we suggest you wait to get CD ROMs
> > directly from Red Hat for less, unless, of course, you actually want to
> pay more for those printed manuals. In the long
> > standing tradition, iso images will also be available for download from
> mirror sites worldwide. And, I am hard at work
> > writing changes to our web page on the Speakup web site--and editing the
> HOWTO to reflect this exciting development.
> >
> > Congratulations to Bill Acker for his patience and perseverance working
> over the past few years with various staffers
> > from Red Hat, on several Red Hat lists, and with us on the Speakup
> Modified. Bill's the real reason Speakup is now
> > officially part of the Red Hat distribution, and there's a README about
> accessibility support in Red Hat products which
> > singles him out. Way to go, Bill!
> >
> > There is a question, though, for which we want guidance from the community
> on the Speakup list. Here's the simple
> > question:
> >
> > Should we continue to offer the old, now about to be defunct, Speakup
> Modified version 7.3? Is there some special reason
> > to keep those files around? For a little while? For a longer while? How
> long? And for what purpose?
> >
> > The days of the Speakup Modified have come to an end, and we're happy
> about it. But, if folks here find it useful, Kirk
> > would probably not mind those older files hanging around awhile longer.
> >
> > What do you think? Let us know your thoughts.
> >
> >
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> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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