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 DEECA3EF7B for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:49:40 -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 fAGJnep26932 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:49:40 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAGJnet08600 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:49:40 -0500 Received: from toccata.grg.afb.net (dsl092-170-083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.170.83]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAGJnew08596 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:49:40 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAGJna502596 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:49:36 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:49:36 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: Accessibility of Redhat 7.2 In-Reply-To: <01a101c16ecc$1be598e0$e08caad8@tds.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: John: It's hard to advise you when you only hint at what you use to access computer interfaces. You mention braille. Well and good. You will not install using braille, because you will not have brltty running, at least not with the installation disks you get from Redhat. If you can also use speech, get the speakup enabled Redhat 7.2 iso images from ftp://www.linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/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? Is the Mozilla browser > usable in console mode? > 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? Can I add brltty to that floppy so I can have > Braille output as soon as possible? > Thanks a lot. > John > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp