Re: [orca-list] Proposal: Remove the emacspeak suppport

[luke Davis <speakup lists tacticus com>]

I have used them often, but as of a year or so ago, I run laptops for 
everything, and the infrequently-accessed server consoles can use software 
speech.  In short, I echo Thomas Ward's comments.  So for what it's worth, I am 
in favor of dropping hardware synth support.

It would be interesting to support the new DECTalks and such, but I don't know 
anyone who is using them at this point, so would be hard pressed to get too 
worked up if they were never supported.

Luke

On Wed, 4 Jan 2012, Robert Cole wrote:

> +1 I have never used a hardware synthesizer in my entire life, that I can 
> remember. I didn't even know what one was until just recently. :)
>
> On 01/04/2012 05:18 PM, Bart Bunting wrote:
> > I suggest removing it if no one else is using it.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Bart
> >
> > On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:12:17 -0500, Joanmarie Diggs<jdiggs igalia com> 
> > wrote:
> > > Hey guys.
> > >
> > > Back in June [1] I asked you all if anyone was using Orca with
> > > Emacspeak, and as an aside suggested that it would be great if we could
> > > have support for hardware synthesizers in speechdispatcher.
> > >
> > > What resulted from my question was more of a discussion than a concrete
> > > consensus. But the feeling I got from that discussion was that we have
> > > people using Orca and people using Emacspeak, but we do not have people
> > > using hardware synths with Orca via Emacspeak.
> > >
> > > If these is indeed the case, and given the plans to make presentation
> > > modalities "pluginable," having old cruft around which would have to be
> > > converted is more trouble than it's worth *if* it's honestly not
> > > something anyone needs.
> > >
> > > So... Discussion is, as always, encouraged. But at this point it is a
> > > proposal on the table for which I'm requesting a vote.
> > >
> > > Thanks as always, guys!
> > > --joanie
> > >
> > > [1] https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2011-June/thread.html#00085
> > >
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