red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Sunfire]

any plans that anybody knows of to try and make speakup work with normal
sound cards?? it is very expensive to buy speech cards or synths around here
the cheapest i can even find is like $700 and thats not easy cash to come
by... anyways....

just wondering...


----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at rednote.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified


> 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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> --
>
> 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
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