From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 8 11:25:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA02641 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Nov 1996 11:25:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from admin.cyberenet.net (root@admin.cyberenet.net [204.213.252.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA02631 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 1996 11:25:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from twwells.com by admin.cyberenet.net with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #7) id m0vLwYa-000O3EC; Fri, 8 Nov 96 14:25 EST Received: by twwells.com (Smail3.1.29.1 #8) id m0vLwVr-0001DRC; Fri, 8 Nov 96 14:22 EST Message-Id: From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) Subject: Re: speech for the blind and freebsd. To: dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 14:22:47 -0500 (EST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199611081914.MAA12966@seagull.rtd.com> from "Don Yuniskis" at Nov 8, 96 12:14:35 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Well, I suspect you *could* use pty's -- but it would require a > much more sophisticated *user* interface. You need to be able to > walk from word to word, line to line, spell, etc. > > It's not a trivial problem... Huh? That's exactly why you *don't* want it in the kernel! Such complexities belong in userland. You build a program that's like "screen", except that its purpose isn't (necessarily) to manage multiple screens but is rather to manage a single screen, while providing audible feedback, and give the user the ability to manipulate the screen as necessary..... (BTW, I'm legally blind, though the only "special equipment" I need is a chair with enough back support that when I shove my face near the screen the stresses on my back are minimized. :-)