Software speech opinions

Scott Berry sberry at northlc.com
Wed Jun 27 19:19:16 EDT 2007


That's very possible John.  I apologize for doing this.

Scott


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: Software speech opinions


> Well, I'm not sure of exactly what I said that you disagree with. Maybe 
> you
> can clarify that? I think you're reading more into my comments then was
> actually there.
>
>
> From: "Scott Berry" <sberry at northlc.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions
>
>
>> Right John,
>>
>> I agree but have to disagree too.  I have started helping for the first
>> time
>> a site that I run software for my router off of.  It is called
>> www.xwrt.org
>> they make a web interface for Wrt project which can be found at
>> http://www.openwrt.org.  But working for instance with a wiki is a bit of
>> a
>> trick.  That seems to be about how 90% (percent) of the open source docs
>> are
>> kept.  Now as for speakup, I do not use Speakup I do all admin chores
>> remotely through a Windows computer which works fine for me.  So as for
>> Speakup I don't use it but like to keep current on it.   I don't know how
>> to
>> program in Linux at all.  I don't expect Kirk to do everything either but
>> it
>> is very good to voice.  That might just be how the Speakup gets changed 
>> at
>> some point.  I myself would like to see Speakup in the kernel and user
>> space
>> we would have the best of both world.
>>
>> TTFN,
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 1:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions
>>
>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Albert E. Sten-Clanton" <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:03 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Software speech opinions
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I would ask people spouting off in this thread to ask themselves what
>>>>> *they*
>>>>> have contributed. It seems to me that a lot of people are making
>>>>> suggestions
>>>>> for what other people should do or sell.
>>>>>
>>>>> Say the best thing to do is to move speakup into user space. How is
>>>>> that
>>>>> going to get done? I guess we're all going to volunteer Kirk to do it.
>>>>> Eh?
>>>>
>>>> You seem to be saying that the mere users should keep their traps shut
>>>
>>> I never said anything of the sort.
>>>
>>>>.  In real life, a good majority of the people who use computers will
>>>>know
>>>>little or nothing about how to fix the problems that arise.  Do you
>>>>really
>>>>propose that these people, such as my wife, have no business complaining
>>>>or
>>>>suggesting because they're not ultranerds?
>>>
>>> Well, sort of, yeah. Pointing out problems is one thing. Complaining is
>>> another. And telling other people what they should do to solve your
>>> problems
>>> is yet another thing entirely.
>>>
>>> But anyway, my main point was to suggest that people ask themselves what
>>> they've contributed to the open source community. Even if you're not a
>>> coder, you can write documentation, maintain a web site, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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