From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtao05.charter.net ([209.225.8.179]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HdpuO-0002Nt-00 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:47:56 -0400 Received: from aa04.charter.net ([10.20.200.156]) by mtao05.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070417154721.IVSB1417.mtao05.charter.net@aa04.charter.net> for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:47:21 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.83.102]) by aa04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070417154720.QXNA10594.aa04.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:47:20 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l3HFlIsB016012 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:47:18 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l3HFlIL8016011 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:47:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:47:18 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: VmWare Message-ID: <20070417154718.GA15935@gmx.net> References: <20070416225806.GB3485@grml> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070416225806.GB3485@grml> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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, 17 Apr 2007 15:47:56 -0000 Probably the easiest way to get gnome and orca running is to grab the latest ubuntu beta (7.04) and install it. Orca works out of the box with this distro and most of the applications are accessible. It even comes with the latest alpha of firefox3, so you can play with the accessibility features being developed. On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 06:58:06PM -0400, Doug Smith wrote: > Good going. The more you can do without sighted help, the better. I > have to bust all my computing problems without sighted help, which I > do not have the luxury of anyway. My wife, though sighted, knows > nothing about computers and, showing her the messages or whatever, > would do no more than get her confused. > > Well, I just got the start of one going the other day. I have decided > to give gnome and orca a try. I may or may not regret this. I would > like to get some results from others on how you are doing with this > combination. I would like to see what's going on. If you are having > good or bad results with speech-enabled Linux gui interfaces, please > let me know so that I will know what to look forward to. > > > > Thanks > > > > > -- > Doug Smith: C.S.F.C. > Computer Scientist For CHRIST > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- ...and scantily clad females, of course. Who cares if it's below zero outside. -- Linus Torvalds