From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ew0-f164.google.com (mail-ew0-f164.google.com [209.85.219.164]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EDFB10A56 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:09:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so1057759ewy.17 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:09:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:subject:from:reply-to:to :in-reply-to:references:content-type:organization:date:message-id :mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Y0DSuV/rc6lYAHOepH18BXLZfv9ciWrNmtmpvN4USyU=; b=xsT7r9Xxlh2l6IfWhGxKyz9pMgUVKKayyyuy5p1lZAACnKx9Yy/ssgnMOSOYrVuUKx sgocuJHbwVeO4BIL8AcAiAXmbiVVsDKpVGmZ6gwDheTTDID3cuPTtc3AYYUMW4MZtfjj ak89n6nXRydX6OTK0SUcrPc25B3InIuJyydmI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:from:reply-to:to:in-reply-to:references:content-type :organization:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding; b=hnXqv3WWzMvGY4IbvRCJIj86R8r/8bbdFbfYW44ltgcMRhf1fJkthBmbMhOqhhgFd/ P/gjxpwMDMxNFGZeCtCuPUweH8V50ciwbyYBa1JOb7TjEFqNULzTp2+LYS89MsQDXXqG AOYuXbYlk30YNXPNfliVs3EyrhrMo5ay2gVeo= Received: by 10.210.128.10 with SMTP id a10mr3285778ebd.15.1240009793188; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:09:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.66? (87-194-146-232.bethere.co.uk [87.194.146.232]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 10sm4283973eyd.23.2009.04.17.16.09.52 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:09:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Accessibility of netbooks From: Georgina Joyce To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <49E70309.5020606@sjc.ox.ac.uk> References: <49E70309.5020606@sjc.ox.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Ready 2 Go Linux Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:09:51 +0100 Message-Id: <1240009791.1663.15.camel@orchid.sented-plants.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: ready2golinux@googlemail.com, "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, 17 Apr 2009 23:09:55 -0000 Hi I have both a 4Gb eeePC and the 160Gb Acer. Neither would be accessible by tinkering with the OS that was shipped with the machines originally. I've installed debian on them but as you are already aware some fiddling is required to get the hardware working. I've just been reading about what Ubuntu are doing in respect of netbooks. But whether they've stripped accessibility out or not I do not know. Asus have really started something with the eeePC but other manufacturers have taken the idea and advanced it. The Acer is a really nice machine and it's keyboard is a lot easier to use than the eeePC. Happy Hacking! On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 11:06 +0100, Alastair Irving wrote: > Hi All > > I'm considering purchasing a netbook. The 2 main ones which run linux > seem to be the Asus Eee Pc and the Acer Aspire One. I was wondering if > anyone on list has any experience of these. They both run custom linux > distros, so I would like to know how possible it is to get accessibility > related software to run on them, i.e. speakup, brltty, emacspeak and > orca. Obviously I could install a different distro but this could lead > to more problems regarding drivers for the hardware, etc. > > I hope people don't mind me asking about all the accessibility related > software on this list, it seems to be the most general purpose of the > lists for the various programs and I wanted to avoid cross-posting to > all of them. The obvious questions seem to be > > > > Many thanks > > Alastair Irving > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Gena M0EBP http://ready2golinux.com