From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-084.wdc2.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.84] helo=concerto.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CS1kH-0005E3-00 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:19:21 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAANISWg024871 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:18:28 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAANIQjl024870 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:18:26 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:18:25 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20041110231825.GZ9170@rednote.net> References: <20041110044610.GA10407@fast.hn> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.9-1.667spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: Word processing in linux X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:19:26 -0000 Well, in a word, "yes," you are mistaken. However, I do expect that the GUI on Linux will become accessible, and I expect to see great strides in the reasonably near future. But, it will take a long time before this environment is really robustly accessible. Zachary Kline writes: > I was under the impression that Gnome was ready, at least that is the > impression I have gotten from listening to things like the review on ACB > Radio's Main Menu in 2003. > Am I mistaken? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "akp" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:32 AM > Subject: Word processing in linux > > > >Hi Tylor, > > > >Hmmmm, well there isn't much you can do right now. Star Office > >requires X-Windows, and the Gnome desktop is not ready for prime-time > >yet. You could do worse than to learn Emacs and LaTeX. As for losing > >the formatting, that's part of the territory. I'd write all my stuff > >in emacs, then transfer it to MSWord when I got to school. You could > >do the final formatting there. BTW, formatting has two T's, short > >vowel and word ending in ING. Double T keeps the vowel short! > > > >Ann P. > > > >-- > >Ann K. Parsons > >email: akp@eznet.net > >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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040