From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vscan05.westnet.com.au ([203.10.1.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GIErh-0007Dt-00 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:27:37 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5821D249302; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:51 +0800 (WST) Received: from vscan05.westnet.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (vscan05.westnet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id TYnxWJ84z-OT; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:24:51 +0800 (WST) Received: from themuso.com (dsl-202-173-132-131.nsw.westnet.com.au [202.173.132.131]) by vscan05.westnet.com.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 88693248599; Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:23:43 +0800 (WST) Received: (nullmailer pid 29600 invoked by uid 1000); Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:23:44 -0000 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:23:44 +1000 From: Luke Yelavich To: Glenn at home , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux\." Subject: Re: Promoting Linux Message-ID: <20060830012343.GA27141@themuso.com> References: <000701c6cbd1$a1a9eff0$6a00a8c0@desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000701c6cbd1$a1a9eff0$6a00a8c0@desktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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, 30 Aug 2006 01:27:37 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 11:14:21AM EST, Glenn at home wrote: > Hello All, > I am on a committee with a forum called: > TekTalk > http://www.accessibleworld.org/ > We try to put on many aspects of technology, and we feel that we should not > leave out Linux. > > I am looking for someone from this list of many highly proficient users of > Linux, someone who is familiar with the various Linux-based screen-readers, > including Speakup. > We will want someone to talk for at least an hour, and be prepared to > demonstrate how Linux works, without getting into a tutorial, as I think > that would be beyond the scope of what we can accomplish in an hour, to an > hour and a half. > The people listening in will mostly know little to nothing of Linux. > It will be your job to help them understand the benefits, and an over-view > of how it works, and how it may not that difficult, as many fear. I am certainly up for this. I am involved with the Ubuntu accessibility team, am a regular tester of the GNOME accessibility technologies, and also a user of speakup. Given time, I can certainly get something together. I would also probably do it live, as sometimes pre-recording these things can be a pain, but I'll think about it. Anyway, I would jump at the chance to do this. - -- Luke Yelavich GPG key: 0xD06320CE (http://www.themuso.com/themuso-gpg-key.txt) Email & MSN: themuso@themuso.com Jabber: themuso@jabber.org.au -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE9OifjVefwtBjIM4RAhrDAJ9JDG2FNkYkGj/00C0nu/36lEOl8gCcC7+0 //ym2W8aove8AWc6nCKQENg= =kx3z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----