From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CS3cy-0006NL-00 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:19:56 -0500 Received: from merlin ([192.168.0.13]) (AUTH: LOGIN jbahm@pcdesk.net, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,128bits,RC4-MD5) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:18:58 -0700 id 00002D6C.4192BE02.0000605E Message-ID: <001101c4c78c$70ce8cb0$0d00a8c0@merlin> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20041110044610.GA10407@fast.hn><16785.64603.156960.180284@akp@selfhost.com> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:19:06 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Subject: Re: Word processing in linux X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:20:01 -0000 There is a solution available, but it is not really ready for prime time. It doesn't support many apps, and it tends to crash a lot. -- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" To: ; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Word processing in linux >I was under the impression that Gnome was ready, at least that is the >impression I have gotten from listening to things like the review on ACB >Radio's Main Menu in 2003. > Am I mistaken? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "akp" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:32 AM > Subject: Word processing in linux > > >> Hi Tylor, >> >> Hmmmm, well there isn't much you can do right now. Star Office >> requires X-Windows, and the Gnome desktop is not ready for prime-time >> yet. You could do worse than to learn Emacs and LaTeX. As for losing >> the formatting, that's part of the territory. I'd write all my stuff >> in emacs, then transfer it to MSWord when I got to school. You could >> do the final formatting there. BTW, formatting has two T's, short >> vowel and word ending in ING. Double T keeps the vowel short! >> >> Ann P. >> >> -- >> Ann K. Parsons >> email: akp@eznet.net >> WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp >> "All that is gold does not glitter. >> Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >