speakup with ubuntu

[Henrik Nilsen Omma]

Booting from a ks.cfg file on a floppy is already much too complicated. 
We are trying to expand the availability of command line speech to more 
inexperienced users. It should all work directly from the live CD 
without any prior preparation.

Holding down the Alt key would be an option, but pressing F5+<a number> 
is similarly easy and is our existing infrastructure for accessibility 
support (which also includes high contrast, magnification, keyboard 
enhancements, on-screen keyboard, in addition to screen reading).

Once the 'speaking console' option has been selected by such an option 
then we can probably deal with the other boot options fairly easily and 
boot onto the command prompt instead of X.

Henrik

Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Some of what's already put on the boot: line by default likely will fight 
> with speakup; unless text as a boot: parameter is supported.  Why not poll 
> the keyboard for just the alt key being held down?  If that happens, 
> perhaps have ubuntu bing up speakup if it can with software speech at 
> first.  Maybe also not start up X at all automatically, and tell the user 
> about a ubuntu accessibility directory on the livecd.  If less or zless 
> can be used, would-be users might find out how to customize ubuntu livecd 
> before doing install say with a good ks.cfg file placed on a floppy.  So 
> long as boot parameters can be read from a ks.cfg file and those get 
> described well enough this might be a possibility.  If ubuntu can read a 
> floppy with vfat format and read a ks.cfg file from it we're almost good 
> to go.