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From: Chris Norman <chris.norman4@ntlworld.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: New to Linux
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:56:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1201902993.13457.3.camel@sparky> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0JVK00I7SXAVHI00@bgmpomr2.sasknet.sk.ca>

Ubuntu is probably the best, that's what I'm using now.

It has a gui, unlike Oralux (as far as I am aware), and yes, they both
support software speech. If you look on:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca

You'll find instructions.

Orca is the name of the screen reader, the FAQ contains a lot of
information.

I believe the howto for getting Ubuntu talking from boot is detailed in
the downloadinstall section.

HTH.

On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 15:35 -0600, Kelly Sapergia wrote:
> Hi,
>     After hearing about Linux from my brother (I think he was using 
> Ubuntu), I thought I'd give it a try on my laptop. For the moment, 
> I'm interested in just using a live CD so I can go back to using 
> Windows XP later.
>     I've downloaded both Ubuntu and Oralux, and am just wondering if 
> anyone can give me any hints on getting started using these systems? 
> In particular, I'm wondering if there's a way to get a live CD to 
> come up talking when the system loads? Also, do these variants of 
> Linux support software speech? I ask because I don't have a hardware synth.
>     Thanks for your help.
> 
> 
> Yours Sincerely,
> Kelly John Sapergia
> Personal Website: http://www.ksapergia.net
> Need to relax and unwind? Listen to "Northern Lights", Thursdays from 
> 01:00 to 03:00 GMT (Wednesdays in North America) on ACB (American 
> Council of the Blind) Radio Interactive at http://interactive.acbradio.org
> Visit the show's website at http://nl.ksapergia.net
> If you need jingles, voiceovers and music for your project at an 
> affordable price, visit KJS Productions at: http://www.kjsproductions.com
> 
> 
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Chris Norman.

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Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Kelly Sapergia
 ` Lorenzo Taylor
   ` Kelly Sapergia
   ` Will Smith
     ` Karen Lewellen
     ` Lorenzo Taylor
       ` Alex Snow
     ` Alex Snow
 ` Chris Norman [this message]
 ` Don Raikes
 ` Hart Larry
 ` Alex Snow
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
 new to linux Jude DaShiell
 New to LINUX Chuck Kyle
 ` Janina Sajka
   ` Thomas Ward
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Thomas Ward
         ` Gregory Nowak
 ` Jason Symes
   ` Gregory Nowak
     ` Jason Symes
   ` Geoff Shang
     ` Janina Sajka
       ` Thomas Ward
         ` Shaun Oliver
           ` Jason Symes
             ` Shaun Oliver
           ` Thomas Ward
             ` Shaun Oliver
           ` Jason Symes
     [not found]     ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0112312106430.2716-100000@toccata.dsl092-170 -083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net>
       ` Jason Symes
     ` Shaun Oliver
       ` Janina Sajka
 ` Thomas Ward
   ` Jason Symes
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Jason Symes
         ` Gregory Nowak
           ` Jason Symes
         ` Thomas Ward
           ` Jason Symes
             ` Jason Symes
               ` Jason Symes
                 ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]                 ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201011055280.2461-100000@toccata.dsl092-170 -083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net>
                   ` Jason Symes
                     ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]                     ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201011659150.2461-100000@toccata.dsl092-170 -083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net>
                       ` Jason Symes
                         ` Janina Sajka
                           ` Amanda Lee
     [not found]                         ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201021824140.5173-100000@toccata.dsl092-170 -083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net>
                           ` Jason Symes
                             ` Jason Symes
                             ` Janina Sajka
     [not found]                             ` <Pine.LNX.4.43.0201031031190.6387-100000@toccata.dsl092-170 -083.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net>
                               ` Jason Symes
                                 ` rmann
                                   ` Jason Symes
   ` Pete
 ` Geoff Shang

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