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[74.194.137.49]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m130sm310691oif.20.2018.02.27.18.22.37 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:22:37 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Screen reader advice for a Linux sysadmin To: blinux-list@redhat.com References: <20180227193550.GA2835@panix.com> Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:22:36 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:22:39 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:22:39 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'74.125.82.172' DOMAIN:'mail-ot0-f172.google.com' HELO:'mail-ot0-f172.google.com' FROM:'chaltain@gmail.com' RCPT:'' X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -0.13 (DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_PASS) 74.125.82.172 mail-ot0-f172.google.com 74.125.82.172 mail-ot0-f172.google.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.5.110.31 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com From: Linux for blind general discussion X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:22:44 -0000 The default desktop for Vinux 5 is Unity, but you can also switch to Mate or Gnome. I ended up switching to Gnome because Vinux made it so easy to give all three a try, and I decided I just preferred Gnome. On 02/27/2018 01:48 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Thanks, Rudy. That Vinux is pretty interesting. Apparently it works with > Unity GNOME desktop. I will have to check it out! > > https://vinuxproject.org/ > > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Linux for blind general discussion < > blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote: > >> I was in your position several years ago. My solution was >> to set up my environment to use all text based command line tools, and >> hook up a talking terminal based on DOS, Vocal Eyes, and Telix to a >> headless >> Unix/Linux box. >> >> Recently my DOS machine died for good, and I switched to speakup. >> There is a learning curve to get used to the speakup function >> keys, but >> aside from that, my environment remains the same, except for minor >> quibbles about the voice of the default speech synthesizer, which >> I will eventually resolve. >> >> This works for me, but if there is a graphic tool >> which you absolutely must use, you might check out Vinux, which >> comes with a choice of three GUI options, none of which I know anything >> about. >> >> Good luck. >> Rudy >> > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail