* Announcement: BLinux Software Map
@ Saqib Shaikh
` Nicolas Pitre
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Hi Listers,
I would like to announce a document which I have been maintaining over the
past year. It is called the "BLinux Software Map" and I intend it to be the
definitive list of software written to help blind individuals access the
Linux operating system. I am attaching an ASCII file of the document. Note
that the formatting in this document is extremely poor! This file was
produced by a program called dvi2tty, so its not my fault, but I will work
on formatting it better. The document was written in LaTeX, and I will
gladly make the TeX or PDF versions available on request. Please send any
comments, praise or critisism to ss@saqibshaikh.com
Hope to hear from you all soon.
Saqib Shaikh
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BLinux Software Map
Saqib Shaikh
April 2001
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CONTENTS 2
Contents
1 Introduction 3
1.1 What Is This Document About? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*
* 3
1.3 Contact Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
* 3
1.4 Getting The Latest Version Of This Document . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Available Software 4
2.1 Screen Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
* 4
2.1.1 BRASS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.2 BrlTTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.3 DOS-Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.4 Jupiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*
* 6
2.1.5 Screader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
* 7
2.1.6 Speak-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.7 SVLPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.8 YASR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.9 SuSE BLinux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 Talking Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.1 Emacspeak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.2 ZipSpeak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.3 Ocularis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
*11
2.3 Braille Translators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*
* 12
2.3.1 NFBTrans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4 Software Synthesisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
*13
2.4.1 Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*
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2.4.2 RSynth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.4.3 Via-Voice Out Loud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Contact Details 15
3.1 Email Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2 Web Site Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4 Revision History 17
4.1 April 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*
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4.2 October 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
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4.3 June 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *
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1 INTRODUCTION 3
1 Introduction
1.1 What Is This Document About?
This document has been written to provide a guide to blind individuals us-
ing the Linux operating system. It attempts to give the user an objective
overview of the assistive technology that is currently available for the blind
Linux (or BLinux) user.
"Assistive technology" is a term often used to refer to a device which
enables disabled individuals to access technology, such as computers. The
assistive technologies that will be discussed within this document are those
which are made to assist the BLinux user. Furthermore, the items of technol-
ogy described herein are all items of software designed to run under Linux.
At this time this document shall only concentrate on items of software writ-
ten to enable blind individuals to access the Linux console, as solutions for
accessing X-Windows are currently extremely experimental.
1.2 Disclaimer
The author has attempted to ensure that all information presented within
this document is correct at the time of writing, but no guarantee is given
regarding the document's correctness at any time. The author apologises if
any incorrect information has been included, and requests that the reader
contact him so that the error may be rectified.
1.3 Contact Details
The author would be pleased to hear your feedback regarding this document.
He may be contacted via email at:
ss@saqibshaikh.com
1.4 Getting The Latest Version Of This Document
The latest version of this document can always be downloaded from the web
site:
http://www.saqibshaikh.com
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2 Available Software
This section lists the software currently available to help the BLinux user.
The programs have been split up into four categories:
1.Screen readers.
2.Talking applications.
3.Braille translators.
4.Software synthesisers.
2.1 Screen Readers
A screen reader is, generally speaking, a program that is run in the back-
ground. It does not replace other applications, but rather supplements them.
The program will inform the user when text is written to the screen through
the means of a speech synthesiser or refreshable braille display.
Screen readers are generally written in two ways:
o They are written as standard Linux programs that run in the back-
ground.
o They are compiled into the kernel, making speech an integral part of
the operating system.
The first approach is probably the more traditional one. It has the ad-
vantage of being easy to install, however speech is not available until the
user has logged into the system. However, one screen reader has taken the
approach of using a demon, which is launched when the log-in prompt is
displayed, so that the user can log-in to the system while `seeing' what they
are doing. The user is also able to scroll back through boot-time messages,
providing that no errors occurred before the log-in prompt is displayed.
The second method has the advantage that the screen reader loads at
the same time as the kernel, giving a blind user the ability to read start-
up messages and to debug errors that may occur before the log-in prompt.
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Equally, the screen reader is present after the shut-down command is given,
until the system is turned off. However, this system ideally requires the user
to have a knowledge of re-compiling the kernel. This is often intimidating
for a new user, especially when the system must be installed with no sighted
help, or with the help of a sighted user with no technical knowledge. It also
means that the screen reader will be launched each time Linux is loaded;
which may pose problems on a shared computer.
2.1.1 BRASS
BRASS (BRaille And Speech Server) is fundamentally a talking version of
BrlTTY (see below). It has all the features of BrlTTY, but also includes
drivers for various speech synthesisers. BRASS also includes a kernel patch
for Linux 2.2.16 which allows the screen to be reviewed from the keyboard,
meaning that at least in theory this can be used as a speech-only solution.
Currently BRASS is only in the development stages, much needs to be
done. The documentation is currently that for Brltty, though this will change
in the future. The FAQ is incomplete, with most questions having no answer.
Hopefully this will be developed over time, but it nevertheless is the only
screen reader for Linux to support both speech and braille.
2.1.2 BrlTTY
This is a braille-only screen reader. It is one of the most mature products
currently available, having been available for about five years. It supports a
large number of braille displays, and hosts many unique features, such as the
ability to "copy and paste" text. This feature is used to copy a block of tex*
*t,
such as a long U. R. L. to BrlTTY's clipboard, and then insert or paste it
when it is needed, such as in a web browser. Users use the controls on their
braille display to navigate around the screen. Unlike the other application-
based products, BrlTTY enables the user to have braille feedback whilst they
are logging in. Upon request installation boot disks are made available for
the most popular Linux distributions.
The next version, version 3.0, which is due to be released shortly will al*
*so
add support for speech. Only a few speech devices are due to be supported,
but these include the Via Voice and Festival software synthesisers. Navigation
will still be done through the braille display, meaning that speech should on*
*ly
be used as a secondary access method.
This product is truly "open source", being developed by a team of pro-
grammers. Whilst there are only two active developers, others help out
through giving feedback, developing drivers or producing documentation.
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The documentation provided with BrlTTY is excellent. In my opinion, it
is equal to the quality expected from a major commercial product. Document
is available in ASCII text, HTML or SGML, in either English or German.
2.1.3 DOS-Gate
This is a program that allows a blind user to use their existing MS-DOS
screen reader under Linux. It is a program that requires the Linux DOS
emulator, "DOSEmu" to run. It passes all keyboard input to the Linux
console, and prints all output on the screen via DOSEmu, thus allowing the
user to use their DOS screen reader as though they were interacting directly
with Linux.
While this is a good idea, it does not work for all screen readers, or for*
* all
speech synthesisers and braille displays. The manual is extremely short and
not very descriptive. It only covers installation, and not usage, and states
that the installation script is unlikely to work.
The author is himself sighted, and has written the program in order to
help his blind friends access Linux. This is only the first version of the
program, and hopefully things shall improve in future versions, as it is inde*
*ed
a good way to help newbies get started.
2.1.4 Jupiter
This is a kernel-based screen reader, which means that you have to re-compile
your Linux kernel in order to use it. It is designed with a non-standard
philosophy, that the blind user should use command-line programs wherever
possible rather than screen-based programs such as Emacs or Lynx. It also
has the advantage of being customisable. Each command, such as read next
line or continuous read are given strings to represent them, and thus the
power-user can create a new command to carry out a set of pre-defined
commands in series, and assign this custom-built command to a keystroke.
Another unique feature of this product is the way that it uses clicks to noti*
*fy
the user of various actions, so that the user can acknowledge the output of
the last command and continue with the next command without needing to
listen to the full output from the previous command.
The documentation provided with this program is also quite good. How-
ever, the largest disadvantage of this program at the current time is that it
only supports one synthesiser: the Votrax, which is an extremely old device
that is no longer manufactured. Also, as it is a kernel-based screen reader it
requires the user to re-compile the kernel without speech, and it means that
the kernel must be changed and the system rebooted whenever a sighted
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person wishes to use the computer. In general, this product is most suited
to those users who follow the same philosophy as the author, have a Votrax
and prefer a kernel-based solution.
2.1.5 Screader
This program is a basic screen reader. It is launched once the user has logged
in _ it is necessary for the user to be logged in as "root" for this program
to work. Currently the program gives the user the ability to navigate the
screen using screen review commands, but does not provide any automatic
feedback, and cannot track the cursor in programs such as text editors.
Installation is accomplished by editing a file to reflect the synthesiser *
*to
be used, and then either copying the files to their appropriate locations, or*
* by
running the provided installation script. All serial hardware synthesisers can
be used, as well as software synthesisers such as "Festival" and "RSynth".
The documentation provided is complete, giving both installation instruc-
tions and a list of screen review commands.
2.1.6 Speak-Up
This is another kernel-based solution. Even though it is only in it's ff stag*
*es,
it currently represents a fully-fledged screen reader, providing nearly the
same access as blind users would expect from an MS-DOS screen reader. Its
biggest drawback is its inability to track the cursor in applications such as
text editors, but it is nevertheless a very useable program. Currently about
eleven synthesisers are supported. The documentation for this product is
almost non-existent, except for a short notice about compiling the kernel.
This program is developed in the true "Open Source" spirit, with an email
list and an on-line forum being dedicated to it. People give suggestions and
feedback, as well as help in testing and coding.
Unlike other kernel-based screen readers, the author and users of Speak-
Up have teamed together to produce boot disks for RedHat, Debian and
Slackware Linux for each supported synthesiser. The user can use these
boot disks to install their Linux operating system with speech feedback, and
then choose to install the talking kernel, giving them speech when they next
start their newly-installed Linux system. However, the fact that the system
will talk each time still remains an issue, although there is an option to
temporarily mute the synthesiser, though the screen reader will of course
still be loaded. Furthermore, if the user does not use the U. S. keyboard
layout, they must first develop a custom key map.
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2.1.7 SVLPro
The last version of the product (3.4.1) was a screen reader designed as a
standard Linux application. It supports about 6 speech synthesisers and
provides the normal speech feedback. Unlike the other products, this is a
closed-source project.
However, this version is extremely old and the author has been working for
some time now on totally re-writing the program as a kernel-based solution.
There is no indication of how long this may take and when the next version
is due to be released.
The author's web page shows nothing but the words "coming soon", and
emails send to the author's email address do not return any replies _ this
may indicate that the author has switched I. S. P. ?
2.1.8 YASR
This product is an application-based screen reader. Its name may at first
seem odd, but in fact it is an acronym for "Yet Another Screen Reader"!
This program is designed slightly differently to SVLPro and Screader, in
that it does not depend upon Linux-specific devices. This gives it the ability
to be compiled on any Unix-based operating system. This program supports
about 6 synthesisers, but is still in the development stages. However, it is *
*still
a useable product. One nice feature of this package, which is not available in
some of the others, is the ability to set speech parameters through an options
menu rather than by editing a text file.
2.1.9 SuSE BLinux
SuSE is one of the leading companies in the Linux market. Their Linux
distribution, SuSE Linux, is widely used all around the world, particularly
in Europe.
With the release of SuSE Linux 7.0, which was released at the beginning of
September, SuSE included their own screen reader, SuSE BLinux. Regardless
of the quality of the screen reader, this is most certainly an encouraging mo*
*ve
from a commercial company.
However, the screen reader is actually extremely good. It is currently
a braille-only screen reader, supporting braille displays from Baum, Alva
and HandyTech. Basic speech support has been included for the Apollo
and InfoVox speech synthesisers. However, speech should only be used as a
secondary feedback method as navigation of the screen must be accomplished
through the buttons on the braille display.
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Like BrlTTY, SuSE BLinux is a daemon, enabling the user to receive
feedback while logging in. Extending this, SuSE have made their installa-
tion program, YAST (Yet Another Setup Tool), automatically detect the
afore-mentioned braille displays (speech synthesisers are not currently auto-
matically detected). Upon detection of a braille display the text mode setup
program is launched instead of the x-based one, and the SuSE BLinux screen
reader is also launched. This means that a user can install their Linux system
with braille feedback.
SuSE have also included some unique features, such as the ability to store
users' screen reader preferences, including the language to be used in their
home directory. This means that a user can log in at any terminal on a
network and launch the screen read3er with their preferred settings loaded.
And, of course, SuSE BLinux is an open source project, so that users can
help improve it.
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2.2 Talking Applications
A talking application is a standard Linux application that has speech built
into its interface. These are often good additions or even replacements for
standard applications and screen readers. The biggest advantage of this
system is that unlike a screen reader, which needs to "guess" what is on
the screen, a talking application has access to the internal workings of the
application, thus being able to give much more accurate feedback. Obviously
the disadvantage of talking applications as a complete replacement for a
screen reader is that the user is restricted to the tasks they may carry out.
It is often a good idea for both talking applications and screen readers to be
used in conjunction, so that the user gets the best of both worlds. However,
if talking applications exist for all the tasks you need to carry out, then t*
*his
may be a better solution.
2.2.1 Emacspeak
Emacspeak is a speech interface for the Emacs text editor. Even though
Emacs is primarily a text editor, it is possible to use Emacs for almost ever*
*y-
thing you wish to do. Emacs contains a calendar, calculator, web browser,
news reader and email reader. If you need to run any other commands, such
as a compiler, "Tar", "GZip" or other administrative tasks, then Emacs pro-
vides a shell window within Emacs. In case this is not enough, Emacs also
provides the user with the ability to write extensions to Emacs, thus increas-
ing the amount of tasks that can be carried out from within Emacs. Since
all of this is done from within Emacs, you get full speech output for all of
the above!
One point to note, however, is that as well as learning a new set of speech
commands, you will also need to learn how to use Emacs. This means that
the learning curve for Emacspeak is much steeper than that of a screen reader
such as Speak-Up.
Emacspeak is the most mature item of assistive technology for Linux,
having been around for about six years and having reached version 13.0. The
documentation provided with this product is very good, though is provided
in LaTeX format, which may make it harder for a beginner to read, although
many converters exist to convert LaTeX documents to a variety of other
formats, including ASCII text.
Another advantage of this product is that it can be downloaded as an
RPM file, making installation much simpler than for any of the screen readers
mentioned earlier.
Emacspeak only supports two types of speech synthesisers _ Via-Voice
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Out Loud and the DEC-Talk family of synthesisers. However, another pack-
age has been created called "Emacspeak-SS", which adds support for a num-
ber of additional synthesisers.
2.2.2 ZipSpeak
While this is not a talking application in the true sense, this was the most
appropriate category in which to place it.
ZipSpeak is actually a combination of two separate products: the Zip-
Slack version of the popular Slackware Linux distribution, and the Speak-Up
screen reader. These two products have been combined to form a talking
distribution of Linux.
ZipSpeak comes as a single zip file that must be extracted to a FAT-16 or
FAT-32 partition. This allows you to use the distribution on the same drive
as MS-DOS or Windows. Once the file has been extracted, all you have to
do is edit one line of a batch file, copy the correct kernel for your speech
synthesiser and run the batch file. You should get speech immediately.
2.2.3 Ocularis
The Ocularis project is very much in the design stage. The idea is to produce
a new distribution of Linux tailored for the blind.
Existing applications have been modified to give speech output, and a
number of new applications written, implementing an audio user interface.
These applications include a word processor and finance application. Other
components of the system will include a software speech synthesiser and a
general-purpose screen reader.
The philosophy of the project appears to be the embracing of open source
technology to aid the blind. By adapting existing open source software, and
creating new open source programs, they hope to create a free operating
system that can run on inexpensive computer hardware, providing the ideal
computer system for a blind individual.
While this is an extremely exciting venture, it will no doubt be frowned on
by those that believe that a blind individual should be able to use the same
system as their sighted colleagues, which enables them to work in a business
environment with minimal adaptation. The counter argument, however, is
that this is merely another option for those who support this philosophy, and
it will no doubt encourage those blind individuals who are computer-illiterate
due to lack of funds.
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2.3 Braille Translators
A braille translator is a piece of software which allows the user to convert a
text file into braille. This involves running the braille translator and spe*
*c-
ifying the source and destination filenames. At the end of the translation
process the user will have an ASCII text file with the braille representation
of the original document. To produce hard copy braille the user must now
send this file to the embosser.
2.3.1 NFBTrans
NFBTrans is a freeware braille translator written by the National Federation
for the Blind (NFB). The program has all the normal features expected from
a braille translator, and quite a few advanced features as well. The document
can be translated by entering a single command at the prompt, specifying
all the arguments as command-line parameters, or by running the program
interactively, in which case the user is asked a series of questions. Various
options can also be set by editing the NFBTrans configuration file, such as
whether the translator should beep when it has translated each page.
This braille translator supports a large number of languages, and even
has some tables to back-translate a file (convert a braille document into a
text document). Additional tables for NFBTrans are also available, that have
been written by various individuals.
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2.4 Software Synthesisers
Traditionally blind individuals wishing to use a computer had to use a screen
reader in conjunction with a hardware synthesiser which either slotted into
an expansion slot or plugged into a serial or parallel port. The problem with
these devices was their extremely high cost, and to solve this problem pro-
grammers have started developing software synthesisers. These are pieces
of software which use the computer's sound card to generate speech. While
these have become quite advanced for other operating systems, software syn-
thesisers for Linux are currently extremely experimental, with the exception
of I. B. M. 's Via-Voice Out Loud speech synthesiser. In addition, it should
be noted that not many screen readers for Linux currently support software
synthesisers.
2.4.1 Festival
This is a speech synthesiser being developed at the University Of Edinburgh.
This program is quite hard to get installed, and so the user should have a
good knowledge of compiling C programs and reading the documentation is
essential as there are many separate components to this program. Currently
the only screen reader to support this synthesiser is "Screader". The response
time for this synthesiser is extremely slow, taking a number of seconds to
speak text after it has been typed on a modern computer.
2.4.2 RSynth
RSynth is a compilation of a number of products. The author has combined
many pieces of software available for Linux to produce a complete software
synthesiser. One drawback of this product is the lack of documentation
supplied. At this time the only screen reader to support this package is
"Screader". This software synthesiser is also available under other flavours
of Unix.
2.4.3 Via-Voice Out Loud
Via-Voice Out Loud, from I. B. M. is clearly the best software synthesiser for
Linux. It is currently available in U. S. English only, and has a clear, human
voice. Many users may have used this product under Microsoft Windows,
and may recognise it as the "Eloquence" speech synthesiser which is supplied
with the popular "JAWS For Windows" product.
Due to its multi-media nature, this product has higher requirements than
many other Linux programs _ a 166 megahertz Pentium processor and 32
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megabytes of RAM is recommended.
Unfortunately, the documentation supplied with this package is only avail-
able once the program has been installed. However, this is not really a prob-
lem as no instructions are needed for installation since it is provided as an
RPM file.
Currently this synthesiser is only supported by the "Emacspeak" package
(version 11.0 or higher).
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3 Contact Details
This section supplies the contact details for the authors of the various pack-
ages discussed within this document. The section is split up into two sub-
sections:
o Email Addresses
o Web Site Addresses
3.1 Email Addresses
_____________________________________________________________________________*
*_________
| Product | Author | email Address *
* |
|_____________________|________________________________|_____________________*
*_______|__
| BRASS | Roger Butenuth | butenuth@online.d*
*e |
|___________________|__________________________________|_____________________*
*_____|___
| BrlTTY | Nicolas Pitre | nico@cam.org *
* |
|____________________|__________________________________|____________________*
*______|__
| DOS-Gate | Enrico Zinie | zinie@cs.unibo.it*
* |
|____________________|__________________________________|____________________*
*_____|___
| Emacspeak | T. V. Raman | ramantv@earthling.n*
*et |
|_____________________|_______________________________|______________________*
*____|____
| Emacspeak-SS | James R. Vanzandt | jrv@vanzandt.mv.co*
*m |
|____________________|_________________________________|_____________________*
*_____|___
| Festival | University Of Edinburgh | cstr@ed.ac.uk *
* |
|______________________|________________________________|____________________*
*_____|___
| Jupiter | Karl Dahlke | mail@eklhad.hispeed.*
*com |
|_______________________|______________________________|_____________________*
*____|____
| NFBTrans | National Federation for the Blind | inge@netcom.com *
* |
|____________________|___________________________________|___________________*
*_____|___
| Ocularis | Project Ocularis | *
* |
|______________________|________________________________|____________________*
*_______|__
| RSynth | Nick Ing-Simmons | nik@tiuk.ti.com *
* |
|____________________|_________________________________|_____________________*
*_____|___
| Screader | Jos Lemmens | jlemmens@inter.nl.n*
*et |
|______________________|______________________________|______________________*
*____|____
| Speak-Up | Kirk Reiser | kirk@braille.uwo.c*
*a |
|____________________|__________________________________|____________________*
*_____|___
| SuSE BLinux | SuSE Ltd | sales@suse.com *
* |
|___________________|__________________________________|_____________________*
*_____|___
| SVLPro | Brett Barback | nukes@eznet.net *
* |
|____________________|_________________________________|_____________________*
*_____|___
| Via-Voice Out Loud | I. B. M. Corporation | viavsdk@us.ibm.co*
*m |
|____________________|__________________________________|____________________*
*_____|___
| YASR | Michael Gorse | mgorse@wpi.edu *
* |
|____________________|__________________________________|____________________*
*_____|___
| ZipSpeak | Matthew Campbell | mattcamp@crosswinds.*
*net |
|______________________|_____________________________|_______________________*
*____|____
3.2 Web Site Addresses
_____________________________________________________________________________*
*____
| Product | Web Site Address *
* |
|_____________________|______________________________________________________*
*__|__
| BRASS | http://www.butenuth.onlinehome.de/blinux |
|___________________|_____________________________________________________|__*
*____
| BrlTTY | http://www.cam.org/~nico/brltty |
|____________________|______________________________________________________|*
*____
| DOS-Gate | http://cs.unibo.it/~zinie |
|____________________|______________________________________________________|*
*___
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_____________________________________________________________________________*
*___
| Emacspeak | http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net |
|_____________________|____________________________________________________|_*
*____
| Emacspeak-SS | http://www.mv.com/ipusers/vanzandt |
|____________________|_____________________________________________________|_*
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| Festival | http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk |
|______________________|_____________________________________________________*
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| Jupiter | http://eklhad.hispeed.com/linux/jupiter |
|_______________________|_________________________________________________|__*
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| NFBTrans | http://www.nfb.org |
|____________________|_______________________________________________________*
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| Ocularis | http://ocularis.sourceforge.net |
|______________________|____________________________________________________|*
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| RSynth | *
* |
|____________________|_______________________________________________________*
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| Screader | http://www.inter.nl.net/users/jlemmens |
|______________________|___________________________________________________|_*
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| Speak-Up | http://www.braille.uwo.ca/speakup |
|____________________|_____________________________________________________|_*
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| SuSE BLinux | http://www.suse.com |
|___________________|________________________________________________________*
*|___
| SVLPro | http://home.eznet.net/~nukes |
|____________________|______________________________________________________|*
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| Via-Voice Out Loud | http://www.software.ibm.com/speech/dev |
|____________________|_____________________________________________________|_*
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| YASR | http://www.wpi.edu/~mgorse/yasr |
|____________________|______________________________________________________|*
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| ZipSpeak |http://www.crosswinds.net/~mattcamp/zipspeak.html |
|______________________|__________________________________________________|__*
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4 REVISION HISTORY 17
4 Revision History
4.1 April 2001
o Added information on BRASS.
o Updated my contact details.
4.2 October 2000
o Added information on SuSE BLinux.
o Updated information for BrlTTY 3.0.
o Added information on Project Ocularis.
4.3 June 2000
First edition of document.
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