From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailstore.rnibncw.ac.uk ([212.219.113.195]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FhlpI-0004Ta-00 for ; Sun, 21 May 2006 07:10:24 -0400 Received: from sparky ([192.168.0.207]) by mailstore.rnibncw.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sun, 21 May 2006 12:10:11 +0100 Message-ID: <009301c67cc7$29b51ff0$cf00a8c0@sparky> From: "Chris Norman" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: State of accessibility in linux Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 12:10:26 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 May 2006 11:10:12.0005 (UTC) FILETIME=[20F74550:01C67CC7] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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: Sun, 21 May 2006 11:10:24 -0000 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Wagner" To: 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