From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alexander E. Patrakov" Subject: Re: What does 0dB refer to? (Logitech USB Speakers) Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:36:23 +0600 Message-ID: References: <20080411204610.GA32413@tango.0pointer.de> <20080412133536.GC32491@tango.0pointer.de> <4800FC14.3060804@superbug.co.uk> <200804122025.57165.faber@faberman.de> <48010CF9.4000600@superbug.co.uk> <20080412214143.GB2828@localhost> <48012FD7.6050904@superbug.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F65E2466D for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:36:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Jl1Rl-0007lh-J4 for alsa-devel@alsa-project.org; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:36:39 +0000 Received: from 90.151.130.170 ([90.151.130.170]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:36:37 +0000 Received: from patrakov by 90.151.130.170 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:36:37 +0000 In-Reply-To: <48012FD7.6050904@superbug.co.uk> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org James Courtier-Dutton wrote: > My personal preference is ALL SOUND MUTED in ALL cases. > I figure that if a user does not have sound, the first thing they will > do is go to the volume control and turn it up! This doesn't work in one specific case: when a blind user needs accessibility features in the form of synthesized speech. -- Alexander E. Patrakov