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From: tif@cpe.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: need speech output
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Date: 3 Oct 88 22:11:00 GMT
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Written  4:43 pm  Sep 30, 1988 by okstate.UUCP!klarich in cpe:comp.unix.xenix
>However, my problem is that I am blind and have to use a voice synthesizer
>to get speech output.

Gee, I'd really like to help this guy but I'll be darned if I can think
of a way to do this without delving into writing device drivers.  Even
with a device driver it could be less than clean.  The sound of a curses
driven program would probably drive him crazy.

Since I haven't seen any other comments, I'll say that it looks like he
needs a driver (maybe a stream if he can wait for that) that'll take
the console's output and duplicate it to /dev/tty1a while still sending
it to the screen.  Version 2.3 is supposed to make custom console drivers
alot easier.  Perhaps a simple stub could ride on top of what is already
there.

Is anybody working to help this person?  If not, is anybody driver-oriented
enough to see what can be done (and maybe even do it)?  Or can SCO see it
in there heart to whip up a special kernel?

One important factor may be whether administration must be capable through
this box or merely user-level stuff.  User-level stuff could probably be
done with a fancy terminal that has two serial ports.

			Paul Chamberlain
			Computer Product Engineering, Tandy Corp.
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