Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : kernel-patch-speakup Version : 1.00 (or latest CVS) Upstream Author : Kirk Reiser and Andy Berdan * URL : http://www.linux-speakup.org/speakup.html * License : GPL Description : A screen reader for the Linux Kernel
Speakup is a screen review package for the Linux operating system. It allows you to interact with applications and the GNU/Linux operating system with audible feedback from the console using a synthetic speech device. Speakup allows you to navigate around the screen using the typical screen review functions such as say word, say line, announce cursor position, which console your currently on, and much, much more. It also allows one to load in configuration parameters for controlling various aspects of the synthesizer you are using, as well as speakup itself. Currently, the following synthesizers are supported by speakup: * DoubleTalk PC/LT * LiteTalk * Accent PC/SA * Speakout * Artic Transport * Audapter * Braille 'N Speak / Type 'N Speak * Dectalk External and Express * the Apollo2 So ideally, we're looking for some person who owns one device from that list, because speakup can currently not be used without special hardware. Maybe just producing a kernel-patch-speakup package and looking if users have problems is enough, but from first glance, the speakup install-process is very different from what a kernel patch normally does (at least to me), so it may be a substantial piece of work. -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44