From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DC941051 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:53:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g8IJrNp13891 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:53:23 -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 g8IJrNh13887 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:53:23 -0400 Received: from oii.oglevee.com (oii.oglevee.com [209.166.179.30]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g8IJaCi00665 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:36:12 -0400 Received: by oii.oglevee.com (Postfix, from userid 91) id 670A8277A; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:07:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from oii2.oglevee.com (unknown [192.168.100.51]) by oii.oglevee.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB0192773 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:07:29 -0400 (EDT) Received: by OII2 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:25:42 -0400 Message-ID: <780484BC796ED61199D300D0B77408030294B5@OII2> From: rick watson To: "'blinux-list@redhat.com'" Subject: RE: really general questions. Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 15:25:41 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Sanitizer: Anomy: defang (default) / pass (few) / quarrantine (ugly) (11) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR version=2.31 X-Spam-Level: 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: Hi carin, I would recommend www.linux-speakup.org. This is a screen reader for linux. I got it to work with redhat. It supports only a limited number of hardware synths but it talks from boot to shutdown. What kind of synth does he have? As far as a distribution of linux. I recommend redhat. this will work with speakup. It is even possible for him to install linux with speakup. Send me questions privately if you feel better. send mail to rick@oglevee.com talk to you later and good luck!! rick -----Original Message----- From: Carin Headrick [mailto:headrick2001@rogers.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:48 PM To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: really general questions. Hi. I will just say right now that I will probably seem really dumb on this list, but I'm helping a friend who is blind and was asking me about Linux, and has no internet access. So, the dumbest of the dumb questions, what would be the best screen-reader for Linux? I've seen a lot about emacspeak, but will that do the job for all linux utilities? Where can I get it for him? I went to a couple places, expecting exe's, yep, I've spent too long with windows, and can't figure out what to download. Is ithard to learn? A lot of the descriptions I found sound like they're speaking Greek, and I thought I was good at computer stuff. I tried to sign up to the emacspeak list, but can't tell if I'm on or not. Thanks in advance for being patient with me, Carin _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list