From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt13a-16.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.206.16] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15C39z-0007Yc-00 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:50:00 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f5IHlYI00417 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:47:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:47:14 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: FAQ Message-ID: <20010618124714.C370@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <15150.12963.716456.368536@akp.selfhost.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <15150.12963.716456.368536@akp.selfhost.com>; from akp@eznet.net on Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:56:03PM -0400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: So is Chuck's provox7. Thanks a bunch Chuck. Greg On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:56:03PM -0400, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Naw, you don't *have* to have Vocal-Eyes, I use ASAP and it > works fine. What you do need is a good DOS screen reader. Jaws is > free now, so is Flipper. Dunnow about ASAP. > > One caveat I always give to poor newbies who tell me that they've got > some so-called technical expert for the blind to install their Windows > systems, if the person installing Windows tells you that they are > going to remove your DOS screen reader, kill them on the spot! Do not > pass go, do not collect $200. If they say they will leave it alone > before the knife falls, fine. If they refuse, continue and get > another techie. > > Making a DOS user go to Windows cold turkey is cruel and inhuman > treatment. Better yet, go to Gnu/Linux. > > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp@eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup