From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 15977 invoked from network); 14 Jun 1998 14:33:11 -0000 Received: from post-12.mail.demon.net (HELO post.mail.demon.net) (194.217.242.41) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 14 Jun 1998 14:33:11 -0000 Received: from (achc.demon.co.uk) [158.152.31.149] by post.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 1.82 #2) id 0ylDq8-0004hG-00; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:33:01 +0100 Received: from localhost (acampbell@localhost) by achc.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA01216 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:00:03 +0100 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 15:00:01 +0100 (BST) From: Anthony Campbell To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: New blind user to Linux In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: > Hello, > > I am a blind computer user who is tired of being locked into Windows 95 and > MS DOS. I will be starting from scratch however. I have only limited > exposure to a SCO UNIX system when I took a few computer science courses in > college. > > I would appretiate any help on getting started from the most basic level... > which version of Linux should I use, and what advise/help can anyone offer > on installing it? > > I would also be interested in any feedback on what screen access system I > should use, as well as its installation. I do have a DecTalk Express that > I can use for this since I am currently using software speech on my Windows > 95 screen reader. > > Would it be advisable/possible to use the same computer for both operating > systems, since I have heard of switching back and forth? > > Thank you in advance for the help and suggestions! Probably not much help in this instance, but I live in North London and would be willing to help partially sighted/blind users in the area (N. London, Herts.) to install and set up linux. Anyone interested, reply by email. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell Using Linux - Windows-free zone acampbell@achc.demon.co.uk http://www.achc.demon.co.uk