From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D5003EAEE for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:22:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fAGKMup32327 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:22:56 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAGKMuG11942 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:22:56 -0500 Received: from femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.83]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAGKMuw11938 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:22:56 -0500 Received: from cp286066a ([65.1.246.44]) by femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with SMTP id <20011116202255.ERIU24483.femail3.sdc1.sfba.home.com@cp286066a> for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:22:55 -0800 Message-ID: <003201c16edc$73296e00$2cf60141@cp286066a> From: "David Poehlman" To: References: <01b501c16ed1$c65405a0$e08caad8@tds.net> Subject: Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:22:41 -0500 Organization: Hands-on Technolog(eye)s MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: what are you using to decompress it? I have a utility that may help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" To: Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2 Nicolas, Nice to see you on this list. I've just been reading the brltty manual. I also downloaded the complete brltty package, but what do you know. I'm having trouble getting Windows to decompress it, even though the beast claims that it can do so. Thanks for all your answers and for your work on brltty. It is very important for those of us who are deaf as well as blind. John Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolas Pitre" To: Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 14:30 Subject: Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2 > On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Hello, > > I've just been looking at the Redhat site. They make a lot of the GUI in > > Redhat 7.2. It uses Gnome 1.4. I assume the GUI is inaccessible for now. > > Can it do anything that you can't do in console mode? > > Probably. I never suffered from that yet though. > > > Is the Mozilla browser usable in console mode? > > No. However there are two alternatives that work in text mode: > lynx and links (note the spelling). > > > I will have to start my installation with a floppy, since I can't boot from > > my cd-rom. Does the disk set that Redhat sells for $60 include an > > installation boot floppy? > > Don't know. However you can find the floppy image and the tools to write it > from DOS on the CD itself as well as on RedHat's FTP site. > > > Can I add brltty to that floppy so I can have > > Braille output as soon as possible? > > Certainly. See the BRLTTY distribution for instructions. > > > Nicolas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list