serial conversion with speakup

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, an installation with software speech is certainly unlikely.
Unfortunately, the current Speakup Modified can't install via telnet,
either. We've filed the bug, but it isn't yet fixed.

I see two concerns here:

1.)	What's the shortest path to a working system in the particular
instance?

2.)	What's the correct long-term solution?

The answer to #1 may be "use sighted assistance." Clearly, we have
better answers for #2, but they will take longer.


Gregory Nowak writes:
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> Software speech is fine for general use, but, how would people do the
> installation? After all, not all distros support installing via ssh or
> telnet, and as we've seen in recent threads here, not all networking
> hardware works right out of the box to start with.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 09:38:32PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Frankly, I would just go with software speech--especially if you have a
> > decent audio system on that laptop and are able to play other audio
> > while getting software speech.
> > 
> > To my mind any kind of attachment on a laptop is a nuisance, whether its
> > a serial cable to an external synth, or a pcmcia card plus the cable and
> > the hw synth, or a usb cable and synth for that matter. I believe
> > laptops are more easily used without extra appendages hanging off every
> > port.
> > 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

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