[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: how blindfriendly is Gentoo?

[Paul]

David Shepard <daveman@××××××××××××.net>, on Tue Jul 09, 2002 [10:49:26 AM] said:
> The new -AC patches have the speakup patches as well.
>
> --David
>
>
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 10:35, Troy Dack wrote:
> > Paul wrote:
> >
> > > Hi;
> > >
> > > I wonder if anything ever came of this blind persons
> > > comments? (seemed a reasonable request...)
> > >
> > > http://lists.gentoo.org/pipermail/gentoo-dev/2002-June/012933.html
> > >
> >
> > Emerge the mjc-sources, IIRC they have the Speakup patch(es)
> >
> > --
> >         Troy Dack

	Hi;

	That is great, but it doesnt address the problem of having Speakup in
the boot kernel on the install image, so it can be used to install the
system.
Scott is volunteering:

Paul
set@×××××.com

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From: Scott Howell <showell@×××××.net>
Subject: Re: how blindfriendly is Gentoo?
To: Paul <set@×××××.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 19:08:32 -0400

I guess this was partly a response to my message from a bit back. I know
folks are quite busy. As far as making Gentoo speech friendly right off
is to merely patch the kernel with Speakup from http://www.speakup.org.
I can do this if you can tell me how to get my hands on the tree you all
build the boot cd or disk from.

Also the only other requirement, sorry two requirements are these.

1. The speakup keymap must be loaded to get the review key functions and
the keys that are affected are the num-pad keys and the keymap is based
on the US English keymap.
2. you must during the kernel compile say yes to Speakup, no to all of
the synthesizers and finally have the ability to at a lilo or whatever
boot prompt type in something like,

linux speakup_synth=ltlk

which is the kernel image name as you know speakup_synth a kernel boot
parm and then the four letter designation given for each of the
supported synths.
I'd be happy to help in any way I can so let me know. Its easier to try
to build this funtionallity into the existing configuration so as not to
have to maintain to many separate images, but maybe that would work best
I don't know.

tnx Scott