From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-gx0-f170.google.com (mail-gx0-f170.google.com [209.85.161.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1FC4C1A23D for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:10:46 -0500 (EST) Received: by ggnq4 with SMTP id q4so865690ggn.29 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:10:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=Hi0eC70U69N8I3zo3J9QtGbaABG8nFLyjOyeuQ5PWog=; b=ooUwkyr4M7Fq4s67tNmZJDe/rxi922UXcInu3qXTuFK99azmlfoWsVTErFCLYf5uWY HPRwKGPkkZV9CkVjCQnEEO1wOy5o9zo5ivDI6f5D502bclyrNcC4Tt0wQZlSFjQZpWRz p1ArPsBAC4ScLerrkEPa/ZQh8vltvXBNyCRb8= Received: by 10.101.180.19 with SMTP id h19mr6092329anp.74.1326769847077; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:10:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (99-95-52-33.lightspeed.dybhfl.sbcglobal.net. [99.95.52.33]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 19sm38504211any.16.2012.01.16.19.10.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:10:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:10:45 -0500 From: bigd To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians Message-ID: <20120117031045.GA1963@craptacular.gateway.2wire.net> References: <4F149745.5040301@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F149745.5040301@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Jan 2012 03:10:47 -0000 Hi, If you want a small cd (about 120 or so mb), the Gentoo minimal cd's could work. They have speakup and espeakup now. HTH, KJ4UFX {.i doi .tcikoritys. mi cuxna ba'e do} On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 01:31:49PM -0800, Robert cole wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > I do a lot of PC repair work for different people (friends, family, > etc), and I was wondering if there are any live Linux distributions > which are Speakup-enabled that would aid me in this task. The only one > that comes to mind right now is ADRIANE Knoppix, but I believe it makes > use of Orca. > > I don't really need a GUI, although it can be helpful at times, but I am > just curious to see if there is anyone else on the list who knows of any > distros for this sort of task that could be run from a CD or USB key > that have Speakup readily available. > > I am still a bit new to screen reading software, but it is sure making > my life much easier. What little vision I have seems to get much more > easily strained nowadays. > > Thanks for any input. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup