need speech output
tif at cpe.UUCP
tif at cpe.UUCP
Tue Oct 4 08:11:00 AEST 1988
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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