From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (nat-pix.rdu.redhat.com [10.255.18.200]) by listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4SNqK500938 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 19:52:20 -0400 Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h4SNqYi20501 for blinux-list@listman.rdu-colo.redhat.com; Wed, 28 May 2003 19:52:34 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h4SNqYI20497 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 19:52:34 -0400 Received: from relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [66.133.131.37]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id h4SNqYH20024 for ; Wed, 28 May 2003 19:52:34 -0400 Received: (qmail 2627 invoked from network); 28 May 2003 23:52:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO 192.168.1.101) ([65.37.55.234]) (envelope-sender ) by relay04.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.5) with SMTP for ; 28 May 2003 23:52:33 -0000 From: herzog To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: On Slashdot.org : Linux Distributions for the Vision Impaired? Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 19:53:39 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200305281953.39963.herzog@frontiernet.net> 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: 2.0.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Wednesday 28 May 2003 06:18 pm, Hans Zoebelein wrote: I just got a 2 disk freebie demo of Redhat9 installed, and am only twe weeks into it. I like. But I am sighted, and have been similarilly looking for competition for my wife's JAWS and eudora, and win98SE. I am told that the full redhat9 has emacspeak on it, and I will try it after I get a new soundboard. The existing one in HP computer is imcompatible. Will > Posted by Cliff on Tuesday May 27, @07:55PM > from the braille-penguins dept. > > MoreDruid asks: "Not long ago, I was asked to do some research for a > blind relative from a friend of mine. I tried searching the sites of Red > Hat, Debian, and some other distro's, but only SuSe came up with really > useful information. I did find Blinux, but I think it's not really > mature yet. Do any other Slashdotters have any experience in this field? > What is a good distro to start with? This research is geared towards a > blind newbie user, so are there any decent resources for vision impaired > people so that he can get going with Linux?" This topic was discussed, > in a more general sense, some two years ago, and there have since been > questions dealing with several pieces of the puzzle. However, is there > anything else out there, aside from the developing Blinux, that puts it > all together in one nice package? > > http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/27/2319216&mode=thread&tid=106 >&tid=185 > > > Enjoy! > --Hans > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list