Aaron
On 22 Jun 1999, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> Announcing the seventh alpha release, speakup v-0.07
>
> Speakup is a screen review package for the Linux operating system. It
> allows you to hear all output directed to the console and move around
> the screen using the typical screen review functions.
>
> This is an alpha release which means it is by no means complete.
>
> It is quite usable in it's current incarnation though, with the
> blaring lack of cursor output support. That means in an editor it
> doesn't read each line as you move up and down the screen. It tracks
> the cursor so you just need to do a say current line but it doesn't do
> it all by itself. There is more to be said for cursor tracking and
> speaking than meets the ear at first glance.
>
> Speakup is a set of kernel patches which means you should have some
> experience with kernel compiling. It currently works on the Linux
> development kernels 2.2.7 and above. At this release we are at
> kernel 2.2.10.
>
> What's new in v-0.07? Read the Changes file included in the tar
> archive for full descriptions of my changes. Speakup now has
> accompanying utilities for loading and dumping its configuration
> settings. Speakup has a totally new device driver mechanism which
> reduces the size of the driver code. Speakup now supports a number of
> various synthesizers including the DoubleTalk PC, the LightTalk and
> DoubleTalk LT, the Accent PC and SA/Transport, and last but not least
> the Speakout. The current version is now configurable within the make
> config system which will make installation much more straight forward.
>
> There is a mailing list for speakup which you are welcome to join if
> you are interested in it's on going development. You can subscribe to
> the mailing list by sending a message to listserv@braille.uwo.ca with
> a line in the body of the message like this:
>
> subscribe speakup (YourFirstName YourLastName)
>
> The mailing list is currently a very low traffic forum so you probably
> won't be overwhelmed with mail.
>
> The official speakup distribution point is
> ftp://ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/linux/speakup. The ftp area includes all
> of the current speakup files and utilities. It also includes a
> subdirectory containing older versions of speakup. There is a new
> directory tree which contains the base debian installation disks with
> speakup already installed. So if you have a doubleTalk card you can
> down load the disk images and install your entire system with speech.
> The installation disks currently contain speakup version-0.06. There
> is also a Linux kernel image "linux" which contains speakup and the
> drivers usually included in the Debian kernels. There are images
> available for Slackware users as well. We will hopefully have boot
> disks and or kernel images available for the newly supported synths in
> the near future..
>
> We are in the middle of writing a set of web pages for speakup. You
> can check them out at http://www.braille.uwo.ca/speakup. We would
> like to hear what you think of them and will gladly consider
> recommendations on their improvement. We have what we consider a way
> cool logo for the speakup project as well, it would be nice to hear
> your opinions on that also.
>
> Speakup is written by Kirk Reiser and Andy Berdan. It is covered by
> the GPL (GNU Public License).
>
> So, like I think that's about it. If you have any questions feel free
> to write me at kirk@braille.uwo.ca. If you have any of the synths now
> covered by speakup, we could really use your feedback. If you are
> just diing to get involved in a software project, boy do we have a
> bridge to sell you! 'grin'
>
> Kirk
>
> email: kirk@braille.uwo.ca
> phone: (519) 679-6845 (home)
>
>
> --
>
> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
>
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