Can you please let us know how you run it, and which packages you needed?
The one at www.linux-speakup.org is a kernel module, and it isn't
obvious how you use this with OpenBSD.
On 2012 May 12 (Sat) at 03:48:35 -0700 (-0700), Eric Oyen wrote:
:since when? hmmmm. let me think.... since about OpenBSD 4.2 or so. and yes, I
:still need some visual assistance when doing an install/upgrade.
:
:also, to answer another poster's question: I use speakup from a linux source
:package (with the proper line in sysctl.conf enabled for linux binaries.
:getting speakup to compile required that I also install a number of packages
:not currently in the ports tree. lets just say that it is a real headache.
:
:now, orca for X using XFCE works ok. it only requires the GTK dependencies,
:python 5, some misc dependencies (almost all of which can be found in the
:ports tree. still, I don't like using X as it can be a little less than
:intuitive for us blind users.
:
:still, given the number of access avenues we can use (serial port redirect,
:virtual framebuffer devices that can be remotely connected to, cheap sound
:devices and the like) a number of good possibilities can be taken advantage
:of.
:
:I have had chance to start trouble shooting the raw source code for speakup
:and I know what the headache it has: sloppy code and failed documentation.
:considering the time it takes to get that binary working, I am opting for a
:more hardware solution and get a network capable framegrabber device and run a
:lane cable from it to a dedicated lane port on my OS X machine. $234 will get
:me one next month. now, if there were a device/brain interface, then I could
:see the words in my braincase without the additional distractions of sound.
:still, it would be glorious to be able to interface in a way thought possible.
:
:I wish I could be able to plug right into my brain and show what it has been
:missing.
:
:as for my feat: I installed and hop it works.4.5 openbsd
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