From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: State of accessibility in linux
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 12:10:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <009301c67cc7$29b51ff0$cf00a8c0@sparky> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b8a8636e0605201840p7154b939meba29b2feefe3c89@mail.gmail.com>
hI MATE,
tHERE IS STILL A SCREEN READER THAT WORKS FROM BOOTUP FROM SHUTDOWN, IT'S
CALLED "sPEAKUP".
gO TO WWW.LINUX-SPEAKUP.ORG, THERE ARE DISTRIBUTIONS ALREADY PACKAGED WITH
SPEAKUP. tHE ONLY THING IS, IF YOU WANT SPEECH FROM BOOTUP TO POWER DOWN,
YOU NEED A HARDWARE SYNTHESISER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL ONLY GET SPEECH FROM
WHEN YOU LOAD THE SOFTWARE SYNTHESISER.
iF YOU WANT A DISTRIBUTION WHICH WORKS WITH SPEECH (SOFTWARE), AND CAN BE
INSTALLED BY A BLIND PERSON, i RECOMEND grml.
gO TO WWW.GRML.ORG AND DOWNLOAD IT FROM THERE.
wHEN YOU BOOT IT, YOU WILL NEED A BOOT LINE SOMETHING LIKE THE FOLLOWING:
GRML SWSPEAK LANG=UK KEYBOARD=UK
tHERE IS LOTS OF STUFF OUT THERE, AND LOADS OF PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP.
hOPE THIS HELPS AND TAKE CARE,
Chris Norman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Wagner" <wagner.andrew@gmail.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:40 AM
Subject: State of accessibility in linux
> Hi all.
> I'm pretty new to this list. What is the state of accessibility for linux
> users? I read somewhere that there was at one time a goal of having a
> screen
> reader that functioned from boot up to shut down. Is that the case now? Is
> there a linux distribution where the installation is local and accessible?
> What projects need to be done? I have a goal to find/create a linux
> distribution to get my (blind) girlfriend off her dependency on Microsoft.
> One of these days...
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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