Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 12:32:11 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: speech for the blind and freebsd. Message-ID: <199611081932.MAA16886@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <m0vLwVr-0001DRC@twwells.com> from "T. William Wells" at Nov 8, 96 02:22:47 pm
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> > 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 Sorry, I wasn't advocating putting it into the kernel :> I was just commenting on the (admittedly simplistic) pipe into rsynth! > 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..... Yes. > (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. :-) Yes, "visually impaired" and "legally blind" are quite all-encompassing terms. (BTW, I worked on the initial KRM in mid 70's...) --don
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