From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail2.fone.net ([206.168.68.165]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Hyzqo-0003HF-00 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:39:42 -0400 Received: from GRANDMA (ip-206-123-194-16.static.fasttrackcomm.net [206.123.194.16]) by mail2.fone.net (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.10) with SMTP id l5F0dCMv020273 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:39:13 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <003601c7aee5$9b52ff00$6401a8c0@GRANDMA> From: "Littlefield, Tyler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <4671103A.4000406@clearwire.net> <005001c7aeb3$87364bd0$6701a8c0@mycrapxp> Subject: Re: Hello... Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:39:09 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000749-0, 06/14/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:39:42 -0000 I'd suggest learning with a command line. You can also get speechd-up, and other programs to give you software speech, rather than using gnome. It's accessibility is still being worked on, while the linux command line has been used for a long time. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13@gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cody Hurst" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Hello... > Hello Mike, > > To get ou up to speed, there is a graphical desktop called Gnome, whihc > supports a screen reader called Orca. If you download the live CD of Ubuntu > 7.04, you can use the screen reader right fromthe live CD. I wish I had time > to explain it all, but visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca and read all about i > there. I would say orca is comparable to jaws or window eyes the team who > developes is in my opinion is the bes in the industry of open source > sofware. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaijin" > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:54 AM > Subject: Hello... > > > > Hello all, > > > > Just joined the list and thought I's say "hello" to everyone. > > Really nice to find a place like this. I'm a rabid Linux fanatic who > > went blind from diabetic retinopathy in August of '02, and I've been > > pretty much offline ever since. Finally broke down and upgraded my > > system to support WinXP and quickly heard about SpeakUp for Linux. I'm > > in the process of looking for a supported speech synth for SpeakUp, so > > I'm still stuck in Windows on a 30 minute Win-Eyes time limit. I hope > > to soon get Slackware up and running, and soon be able to contribute to > > the SpeakUp effort right along-side everyone. I'm presently playing > > around with a copy of Oralux and learning the features. Just need that > > speech synthesizer, and I should be off and running. Thank you for all > > your efforts. It is well appreciated. > > > > Best regards, > > Michael "Foreign White Devil" Ferranti > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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