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Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:07:17 +0100
From: Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com>
To: Gregory Nowak <greg@...gn.net>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
Simon Dickson <simonhdickson@...il.com>,
"Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@...ux-speakup.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
John Covici <covici@....covici.com>,
Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
Subject: Re: Re: [HELP REQUESTED from the community] Was: Staging status of speakup
Ah it looks like the spaces after Description: need to be converted into tabs.
Thanks,
Okash
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:35 PM Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> You're right, I got none of those emails. Thanks. Is it all taken care of?
>
> Best regards,
> Okash
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 4:56 AM Gregory Nowak <greg@...gn.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Okash,
> > I just realized the below didn't go to you directly along with the
> > other addresses.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Gregory Nowak <greg@...gn.net> -----
> >
> > Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:38:48 -0700
> > From: Gregory Nowak <greg@...gn.net>
> > To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Simon Dickson <simonhdickson@...il.com>,
> > "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
> > <speakup@...ux-speakup.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, John Covici
> > <covici@....covici.com>
> > Subject: Re: [HELP REQUESTED from the community] Was: Staging status of speakup
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 04:11:00PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 03:47:28PM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > > Okash Khawaja, le dim. 15 sept. 2019 19:41:30 +0100, a ecrit:
> > > > > I have attached the descriptions.
> > > >
> > > > Attachment is missing :)
> > >
> > > I saw it :)
> > >
> > > Anyway, please put the Description: lines without a blank after that,
> > > with the description text starting on that same line.
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> >
> > It's attached. Hope the indentation is OK.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/attrib_bleep
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Beeps the PC speaker when there is an attribute change such as
> > foreground or background color when using speakup review
> > commands. One = on, zero = off.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/bell_pos
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This works much like a typewriter bell. If for example 72 is
> > echoed to bell_pos, it will beep the PC speaker when typing on
> > a line past character 72.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleeps
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This controls whether one hears beeps through the PC speaker
> > when using speakup's review commands.
> > TODO: what values does it accept?
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/bleep_time
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This controls the duration of the PC speaker beeps speakup
> > produces.
> > TODO: What are the units? Jiffies?
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/cursor_time
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This controls cursor delay when using arrow keys. When a
> > connection is very slow, with the default setting, when moving
> > with the arrows, or backspacing etc. speakup says the incorrect
> > characters. Set this to a higher value to adjust for the delay
> > and better synchronisation between cursor position and speech.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/delimiters
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Delimit a word from speakup.
> > TODO: add more info
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/ex_num
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO:
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/key_echo
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Controls if speakup speaks keys when they are typed. One = on,
> > zero = off or don't echo keys.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/keymap
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Speakup keymap remaps keys to Speakup functins. It uses a binary
> > format. A special program called genmap is needed to compile a
> > textual keymap into the binary format which is then loaded into
> > /sys/accessibility/speakup/keymap.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/no_interrupt
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Controls if typing interrupts output from speakup. With
> > no_interrupt set to zero, typing on the keyboard will interrupt
> > speakup if for example the say screen command is used before the
> > entire screen is read. With no_interrupt set to one, if the say
> > screen command is used, and one then types on the keyboard,
> > speakup will continue to say the whole screen regardless until
> > it finishes.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/punc_all
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This is a list of all the punctuation speakup should speak when
> > punc_level is set to four.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/punc_level
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Controls the level of punctuation spoken as the screen is
> > displayed, not reviewed. Levels range from zero no punctuation,
> > to four, all punctuation. One corresponds to punc_some, two
> > corresponds to punc_most, and three as well as four both
> > correspond to punc_all. Some hardware synthesizers may have
> > different levels each corresponding to three and four for
> > punc_level. Also note that if punc_level is set to zero, and
> > key_echo is set to one, typed punctuation is still spoken as it
> > is typed.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/punc_most
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This is a list of all the punctuation speakup should speak when
> > punc_level is set to two.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/punc_some
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This is a list of all the punctuation speakup should speak when
> > punc_level is set to one.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/reading_punc
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Almost the same as punc_level, the differences being that
> > reading_punc controls the level of punctuation when reviewing
> > the screen with speakup's screen review commands. The other
> > difference is that reading_punc set to three speaks punc_all,
> > and reading_punc set to four speaks all punctuation, including
> > spaces.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/repeats
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: A list of characters speakup repeats. Normally, when there are
> > more than three characters in a row, speakup just reads three of
> > those characters. For example, "......" would be read as dot,
> > dot, dot. If a . is added to the list of characters in repeats,
> > "......" would be read as dot, dot, dot, times six.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/say_control
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: If set to one, speakup speaks shift, alt and control when those
> > keys are pressed. If say_control is set to zero, shift, ctrl,
> > and alt are not spoken when they are pressed.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/say_word_ctl
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO:
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/silent
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO:
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/spell_delay
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This controls how fast a word is spelled when speakup's say word
> > review command is pressed twice quickly to speak the current
> > word being reviewed. Zero just speaks the letters one after
> > another, while values one through four seem to introduce more of
> > a pause between the spelling of each letter by speakup.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the synthesizer driver currently in use. Reading
> > synth returns the synthesizer driver currently in use. Writing
> > synth switches to the given synthesizer driver, provided it is
> > either built into the kernel, or already loaded as a module.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth_direct
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Sends whatever is written to synth_direct
> > directly to the speech synthesizer in use, bypassing speakup.
> > This could be used to make the synthesizer speak a string, or to
> > send control sequences to the synthesizer to change how the
> > synthesizer behaves.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/version
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Reading version returns the version of speakup, and the version
> > of the synthesizer driver currently in use.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/announcements
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This file contains various general announcements, most of which
> > cannot be categorized. You will find messages such as "You
> > killed Speakup", "I'm alive", "leaving help", "parked",
> > "unparked", and others. You will also find the names of the
> > screen edges and cursor tracking modes here.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/chartab
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/ctl_keys
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Here, you will find names of control keys. These are used with
> > Speakup's say_control feature.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/function_names
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Here, you will find a list of names for Speakup functions.
> > These are used by the help system. For example, suppose that
> > you have activated help mode, and you pressed keypad 3. Speakup
> > says: "keypad 3 is character, say next."
> > The message "character, say next" names a Speakup function, and
> > it comes from this function_names file.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/states
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This file contains names for key states.
> > Again, these are part of the help system. For instance, if you
> > had pressed speakup + keypad 3, you would hear:
> > "speakup keypad 3 is go to bottom edge."
> > The speakup key is depressed, so the name of the key state is
> > speakup.
> > This part of the message comes from the states collection.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/characters
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Through this sys entry, Speakup gives you the ability to change
> > how Speakup pronounces a given character. You could, for
> > example, change how some punctuation characters are spoken. You
> > can even change how Speakup will pronounce certain letters. For
> > further details see '12. Changing the Pronunciation of
> > Characters' in Speakup User's Guide (file spkguide.txt in
> > source).
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/colors
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: When you use the "say attributes" function, Speakup says the
> > name of the foreground and background colors. These names come
> > from the i18n/colors file.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/formatted
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This group of messages contains embedded formatting codes, to
> > specify the type and width of displayed data. If you change
> > these, you must preserve all of the formatting codes, and they
> > must appear in the order used by the default messages.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/i18n/key_names
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Again, key_names is used by Speakup's help system. In the
> > previous example, Speakup said that you pressed "keypad 3."
> > This name came from the key_names file.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/<synth-name>/
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: In `/sys/accessibility/speakup` is a directory corresponding to
> > the synthesizer driver currently in use (E.G) `soft` for the
> > soft driver. This directory contains files which control the
> > speech synthesizer itself, as opposed to controlling the speakup
> > screen reader. The parameters in this directory have the same
> > names and functions across all supported synthesizers. The range
> > of values for freq, pitch, rate, and vol is the same for all
> > supported synthesizers, with the given range being internally
> > mapped by the driver to more or less fit the range of values
> > supported for a given parameter by the individual synthesizer.
> > Below is a description of values and parameters for soft
> > synthesizer, which is currently the most commonly used.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/caps_start
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This is the string that is sent to the synthesizer to cause it
> > to start speaking uppercase letters. For the soft synthesizer
> > and most others, this causes the pitch of the voice to rise
> > above the currently set pitch.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/caps_stop
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This is the string sent to the synthesizer to cause it to stop
> > speaking uppercase letters. In the case of the soft synthesizer
> > and most others, this returns the pitch of the voice down to the
> > currently set pitch.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/delay_time
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO:
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/direct
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Controls if punctuation is spoken by speakup, or by the
> > synthesizer. For example, speakup speaks ">" as "greater", while
> > the espeak synthesizer used by the soft driver speaks "greater
> > than". Zero lets speakup speak the punctuation. One lets the
> > synthesizer itself speak punctuation.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/freq
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the frequency of the speech synthesizer. Range is
> > 0-9.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/full_time
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO:
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/jiffy_delta
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: This controls how many jiffys the kernel gives to the
> > synthesizer. Setting this too high can make a system unstable,
> > or even crash it.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/pitch
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the pitch of the synthesizer. The range is 0-9.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/punct
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the amount of punctuation spoken by the
> > synthesizer. The range for the soft driver seems to be 0-2.
> > TODO: How is this related to speakup's punc_level, or
> > reading_punc.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/rate
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the rate of the synthesizer. Range is from zero
> > slowest, to nine fastest.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/tone
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the tone of the speech synthesizer. The range for
> > the soft driver seems to be 0-2. This seems to make no
> > difference if using espeak and the espeakup connector.
> > TODO: does espeakup support different tonalities?
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/trigger_time
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: TODO:
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/voice
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the voice used by the synthesizer if the
> > synthesizer can speak in more than one voice. The range for the
> > soft driver is 0-7. Note that while espeak supports multiple
> > voices, this parameter will not set the voice when the espeakup
> > connector is used between speakup and espeak.
> > What: /sys/accessibility/speakup/soft/vol
> > KernelVersion: 2.6
> > Contact: speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > Description: Gets or sets the volume of the speech synthesizer. Range is 0-9,
> > with zero being the softest, and nine being the loudest.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@...ux-speakup.org
> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> >
> > ----- End forwarded message -----
> >
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