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All,
I need some opinions about accessibility on our release media.
I am requesting that we add the following to all of our release media
for amd64 and x86:
app-accessibility/espeak (with portaudio in use so it supports alsa)
app-accessibility/espea
William Hubbs wrote:
> All,
>
> I need some opinions about accessibility on our release media.
>
> I am requesting that we add the following to all of our release media
> for amd64 and x86:
>
> app-accessibility/espeak (with portaudio in use so it supports alsa)
> app-accessibility/espeakup
> ap
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 11:58:32PM +0300, Petteri R??ty wrote:
> > I understand his point about keeping the minimal cd small, but I
> > disagree about the software not being required to do an install. If a
> > blind person wants to install gentoo from
William Hubbs wrote:
> My question for the group is, how do you feel about speech software
> being on our minimal cd as well as our live cd?
I am all in favor of this. We should strive to provide easy access to
our distribution, and that includes opening up new access methods.
I remember one time
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 07:40:43PM -0700, Josh Saddler wrote:
> Question: what kind of end-user configuration is required once the CD is
> booted to make use of it?
There is a patch with this bug, http://bugs.gentoo.org/267708 which
needs to be appli
William Hubbs wrote:
> [snip]
> My question for the group is, how do you feel about speech software
> being on our minimal cd as well as our live cd?
I agree, it should be in our minimal and live CD's. There is no reason
to consider blind persons out of the minimal CD.
Mounir
On 05/23/2009 05:56 PM, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
William Hubbs wrote:
[snip]
My question for the group is, how do you feel about speech software
being on our minimal cd as well as our live cd?
I agree, it should be in our minimal and live CD's. There is no reason
to consider blind persons out of t
On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> The real issue here is the size. If these additional packages plus all of
> the alsa modules add 20MB to the minimal CD, it's just not worth it. It's
> not "minimal" anymore.
>
Could you elaborate whom that change would affect (negatively)?
Thomas Pani wrote:
> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
>
>> The real issue here is the size. If these additional packages plus all of
>> the alsa modules add 20MB to the minimal CD, it's just not worth it. It's
>> not "minimal" anymore.
>>
>>
> Could you elaborate whom
On Sat, 23 May 2009 18:14:57 -0500
Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> On 05/23/2009 05:56 PM, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
> > William Hubbs wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >> My question for the group is, how do you feel about speech software
> >> being on our minimal cd as well as our live cd?
> > I agree, it should be in
Ferris McCormick wrote:
>
> If the 20MB is a real problem, I think the alternative is to have two
> versions of the "minimal CD". Otherwise it seems to me that Gentoo is
> discriminating against people who cannot see the screen, and I would
> consider that to be very tacky at best.
>
> Someone (rd
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:32:18PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> Thomas Pani wrote:
> > On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> >
> >> The real issue here is the size. If these additional packages plus all of
> >> the alsa modules add 20MB
On Sat, 23 May 2009 20:12:17 -0500
Dale wrote:
> Ferris McCormick wrote:
> >
> > If the 20MB is a real problem, I think the alternative is to have two
> > versions of the "minimal CD". Otherwise it seems to me that Gentoo is
> > discriminating against people who cannot see the screen, and I woul
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 08:12:17PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> Ferris McCormick wrote:
> >
> > If the 20MB is a real problem, I think the alternative is to have two
> > versions of the "minimal CD". Otherwise it seems to me that Gentoo is
> > discriminating
William Hubbs wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 07:32:18PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> >>
> > For a person on dial-up, about 2 1/2 hours of additional download. That
> > said, I'd be OK with the increase in size if it would help a person who
> > can't see the screen.
>
> It is impossible for a person
William Hubbs wrote:
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 08:12:17PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> > Ferris McCormick wrote:
> >> If the 20MB is a real problem, I think the alternative is to have two
> >> versions of the "minimal CD". Otherwise it seems to me that Gentoo is
> >> discriminating against people who cann
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On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 09:47:24PM -0500, Dale wrote:
> Maybe I am being misunderstood. I'm all for it even if it does make it
> bigger. It's a good idea in my opinion.
Hi Dale,
no, I didn't misunderstand you, and I am sorry if I came across tha
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On 2009.05.24 02:44, William Hubbs wrote:
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Random reply to thread
> William Hubbs
> gentoo accessibility team lead
> willi...@gentoo.org
>
Put all the downloads for a minimal gentoo install into dial up
context. You need the minimal CD, the s
Roy Bamford wrote:
> On 2009.05.24 02:44, William Hubbs wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Random reply to thread
> > William Hubbs
> > gentoo accessibility team lead
> > willi...@gentoo.org
>
>
> Put all the downloads for a minimal gentoo install into dial up
> context. You need the minimal CD, the stage 3, the
Roy Bamford wrote:
> Put all the downloads for a minimal gentoo install into dial up
> context. You need the minimal CD, the stage 3, the portage snapshot, a
> bootloader and a kernel.
>
> An extra 20Mb in that total size is trivial.
>
> Having done a few remote installs for blind users droppin
On 05/24/2009 05:32 AM, Roy Bamford wrote:
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On 2009.05.24 02:44, William Hubbs wrote:
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Random reply to thread
William Hubbs
gentoo accessibility team lead
willi...@gentoo.org
Put all the downloads for a minimal gentoo install into dial up
c
Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> On 05/24/2009 05:32 AM, Roy Bamford wrote:
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>> On 2009.05.24 02:44, William Hubbs wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> Random reply to thread
>>> William Hubbs
>>> gentoo accessibility team lead
>>> willi...@gentoo.org
>>>
>>
>> Put al
On Sunday 24 of May 2009 01:14:57 Andrew Gaffney wrote:
> On 05/23/2009 05:56 PM, Mounir Lamouri wrote:
> > William Hubbs wrote:
> >> [snip]
> >> My question for the group is, how do you feel about speech software
> >> being on our minimal cd as well as our live cd?
> >
> > I agree, it should be in
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