Linux 9 stretch What to do about reviving speakup? changed, duplicate messages.

Tom Fowle wa6ivgtf at fastmail.fm
Mon Apr 1 23:02:46 EDT 2019


I note messages from me and a few others are showing twice on list.
I'm pretty sure I havn't sent them twice.
Tom Fowle


On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 06:26:37PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote:
> A hearty second to Janina's thanks to both Samuel and Okash.
> I wasn't aware of their "screen reader usage" status till recently.
> 
> Your efforts are very much appreciated.
> 
> Tom Fowle  
> 
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 05:45:55AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Samuel:
> > 
> > I just want to thank you for many critical contributions to Linux
> > accessibility over the past 15 years or more, and especially for your
> > contributions to Speakup.
> > 
> > 
> > I suspect not  everyone on list is aware that you, yourself don't rely on screen
> > reading technology. I believe the same is true of Okash. My thanks to
> > both of you for keeping our favorite interface tools viable on our
> > favorite platform.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Janina
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Samuel Thibault writes:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Kirk Reiser, le ven. 29 mars 2019 18:03:07 -0400, a ecrit:
> > > > I mistakenly assumed that you had others on the accessibility team
> > > > helping to catch problems as they come through. I figured as picky as
> > > > the kernel folks were that they would have scads of volunteers helping
> > > > make sure every brace and blank line was properly placed.
> > > 
> > > In general about accessibility stuff, assume lack of manpower :/
> > > 
> > > > Maybe something changed in the scheduling of the package
> > > > installation to remove the positioning of stopping a running
> > > > application and restarting it.
> > > 
> > > It seems it happened on migrating to a systemd service.
> > > I've always said systemd would bring issues in all kind of places ;
> > > that's basically one of them, and lack of testing and actual reporting
> > > made it appear.
> > > 
> > > > p.s. I believe we've just passed the 20th anniversary of my first releasees of speakup.
> > > 
> > > Oh, I thought it was older than that.
> > > 
> > > Samuel
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at linux-speakup.org
> > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Janina Sajka
> > 
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
> > 
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa
> > 
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> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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