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 1CoU4M-0003po-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:00:54 -0500 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0BLx0XV032369 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:59:00 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j0BLwwZI032368 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:58:58 -0500 Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:58:58 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050111215858.GW790@rednote.net> References: <20050110174910.GA445@romuald.net.eu.org> <01c601c4f7a1$30a6ce50$6601a8c0@geekspeak> <20050111151112.GU790@rednote.net> <036c01c4f7f2$59f48580$6601a8c0@geekspeak> <20050111173213.GV790@rednote.net> 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 2.6.10-2.1.ll.rhfc3.ccrmasmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: An Accessible Adobe Reader for 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: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:00:54 -0000 Linux accessibility, at least for users who are blind, is far more impressive on the console. In fact, it's extremely impressive on the console rivaling, and even surpassing, many things that users of expensive proprietary-ware applications have. The biggest thing wrong with the console is in fact the very negative and dismissive attitude that many GUI people seem to have of it. Chris Gray writes: > At best, MSAA mode was little more than a bandage. Let's hope that > something more positive can come out of Longhorn. One of the primary > reasons I am setting up a Linux box is to check out Gnome; what I've > seen so far of its access is quite impressive though it has a ways to > go for certain. > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org If Linux can't solve your computing problem, you need a different problem.