Webcam support

Webcam support

[Beth Koenig]

Hello I work with the Deaf and I am trying to get webcam plug n play
support for Ubuntu. We use Ubuntu as our main OS and are training many
of our clients on it. Some on irc suggested I contact you guys and see
what could be done. The biggest complaint I get is that webcams don't
work. Any way you can help would be great. I am hoping to have that
support in future versions of Ubuntu.

Thanks,

-- 
Beth Koenig
bethko@gmail.com
Director of Deaf Blind Services
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
2960 Main Street A100
Irvine, CA 92614
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/dbs
Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence.
At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and
services necessary for the deaf and disabled to achieve equally and
independence in all areas of life.

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Re: Webcam support

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:21:27AM -0700, Beth Koenig wrote:
> Hello I work with the Deaf and I am trying to get webcam plug n play
> support for Ubuntu. We use Ubuntu as our main OS and are training many
> of our clients on it. Some on irc suggested I contact you guys and see
> what could be done. The biggest complaint I get is that webcams don't
> work. Any way you can help would be great. I am hoping to have that
> support in future versions of Ubuntu.

What specific webcam does not work?  There are zillions of them, so you
might want to contact the video-for-linux developers, they are the ones
working on adding support to the kernel for a wide range of them.

However I am currently working on adding screen-reader support to the
kernel, so if you have questions about that, feel free to contact me
off-list for that.

thanks,

greg k-h

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Re: Webcam support

[Beth Koenig]

Screen reader support seems to be on target so keep it up:)
Do you happen to know the contact info for them?

Thanks

Beth Koenig
bethko@gmail.com
Director of Deaf Blind Services
Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center
2960 Main Street A100
Irvine, CA 92614
http://www.deafadvocacy.org/dbs
Health, safety, and productivity are the cornerstones of independence.
At the Orange County Deaf Advocacy Center we provide the training and
services necessary for the deaf and disabled to achieve equally and
independence in all areas of life.

On 6/27/07, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:21:27AM -0700, Beth Koenig wrote:
> > Hello I work with the Deaf and I am trying to get webcam plug n play
> > support for Ubuntu. We use Ubuntu as our main OS and are training many
> > of our clients on it. Some on irc suggested I contact you guys and see
> > what could be done. The biggest complaint I get is that webcams don't
> > work. Any way you can help would be great. I am hoping to have that
> > support in future versions of Ubuntu.
>
> What specific webcam does not work?  There are zillions of them, so you
> might want to contact the video-for-linux developers, they are the ones
> working on adding support to the kernel for a wide range of them.
>
> However I am currently working on adding screen-reader support to the
> kernel, so if you have questions about that, feel free to contact me
> off-list for that.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

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Re: Webcam support

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:15:34AM -0700, Beth Koenig wrote:
>  Screen reader support seems to be on target so keep it up:)
>  Do you happen to know the contact info for them?

As per the MAINTAINERS file in the kernel source tree, it is at:
	video4linux-list@redhat.com

good luck,

greg k-h

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