red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Janina Sajka]

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)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175