[linux-audio-dev] Re: [off-list] Read this after your first cup of coffee

[Luke Yelavich]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 12:50:38PM EST, Paul Davis wrote:
> >and determine what is being displayed. JAWS itself actually installs a video
> >intercept driver to intercept all video being sent to the screen.
> 
> bwahahaha! creative ... i have to concede that much :)

Agreed. You can imagine that it is certainly not the best solution.

> >> note, however, that my very limited experience with ardour/ksi
> >> suggests that a fairly low limit to the onscreen complexity that can
> >> be reasonably managed using keystrokes (which is what the linux screen
> >> reading systems do).
> >
> >I don't quite understand what you are getting at here.
> 
> the linux screen reader that ardour/ksi was designed around seems to
> be modelled on the idea that the computer reads the screen to you
> (either on demand or on an event-driven basis), and then you the user
> use the computer keyboard to drive the operation of the program.

Is the screen reader you are talking about called Speakup?
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