Solaris 10 released, with accessibility built-in! Also FreeTTS 1.2 released. (fwd)

[Janina Sajka]

I haven't checked the new Solaris license. Admitedly, that's the
question for Speakup.

But, there is definitely a new license for Solaris.

And, you're right. Brltty is already included. I know that! Sorry.
<grin>

			Janina

Kenny Hitt writes:
> Hi.  I'm not a developer, so my info is probably not complete.
> Hopefully, developers of Brltty and Yasr can jump in and correct me.
> 
> Since Brltty isn't in the kernel, it might already work on Solaris.  The
> same is true for Yasr.
> 
> Speakup is a completely different animal.  Even if the license allows
> it, it isn't likely you will see speakup in Solaris any time soon.  I
> believe the license for the Freebsd kernel would allow speakup, but
> there isn't speakup patches for it yet.  The big reason is it will take
> a lot of time and effort to create the speakup kernel patches for
> Freebsd.  So far, no developer has been willing to make the commitment of
> time and effort to write such patches.  Developers of Yasr and Brltty
> please don't take my next statement the wrong way, but writing kernel
> patches is more challenging than writing user space screen readers.
> Programs running in user space can do things that just aren't a good
> idea in the kernel.  One example is any task that takes a large amount
> of time.  Time used by a screen reader in kernel space is time lost to
> the whole system, while time used by a user space screen reader only
> effects the performance of the screen reader.
> 
> Hope this helps.
>           Kenny
> 	  
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 10:37:55AM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > I wonder if the new, "open," license of Solaris will now allow us to put
> > Speakup and/or Brltty into the Solaris kernel? That would certainly lead
> > the way to an accessible installation for blind users. As you point out,
> > Michael, that's a critical componant for community acceptance.
> > 
> > Michael Malver writes:
> > > One of the things I like about speakup is the ability to install the os
> > > myself.  I am totally blind, and own a dectalk.  I know nothing of Solaris,
> > > but would be greatly indebted to anyone who could do a realistic evaluation
> > > of how "accessible" this is.  The press release looks great, but most people
> > > I know who have used Linux say the x-windows access with screen reading
> > > isn't ready for common use.  Has sun created something in terms of screen
> > > reading beyond what is available in Linux??
> > > I'd love to install the os, but want a person who doesn't work for sun to
> > > evaluate the usefulness of the accessibility features from the perspective
> > > of a totally blind person.
> > > Michael
> > > p.s. I truly hope it doesn't appear I'm flaming the wonderful work on access
> > > sun is doing. I'm simply concerned as to how usable this is before I invest
> > > limited time.
> > > 
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> > Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com
> > 
> > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
> > janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org
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Janina Sajka				Phone: +1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC	http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup		Free Standards Group (FSG)
janina at freestandards.org		http://a11y.org

If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.