The kernel that was causing problems for speakup was itself later found defective and withdrawn. That if memory serves was 2.6.22 and that was replaced with 2.6.23 which can handle a speakup install.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote: > Hi all. > > I understand that due to some issues with the kernel, many distributions > have not included speakup on their installation media or Live CDs in > recent times. I was therefore wondering if ubuntu has speakup included > in the kernel of a CD image for installing the latest (7.10) desktop > release? Or perhaps the accessibility team have helped to put something > like yasr on the installation media if speakup cannot be used? > > I have also heard that some of the issues with the Linux kernel have > been fixed so that speakup may work with more recent kernels. If this > is so, can anyone inform as to where ubuntu might go re including > speakup in the future? > > Thanks. > > Mat. > > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
