From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E6CBC1A214 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:53:59 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta1.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JlBb3UbhiL4G for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:53:59 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91CFA3E0049 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:53:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:53:55 -0600 (CST) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 85D862BDAE for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:53:55 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <8FCFE5DAD39F4A3B884FB1514057D960@math.wisc.edu> From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <4F149745.5040301@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:54:36 -0600 Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 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 16:53:59 -0000 I recently wrote a wiki entry on how to use the accessibility features of the latest grml release. You can find it here: http://wiki.iavit.org/index.php/Accessing_grml I would also recommend that you check out vinux. Grml is a live CD designed to be used for rescuing computers. Vinux is a ubuntu fork with speech enabled by default. They're not really competitors. PS: The wiki in the URL above is for the International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists. If you want to give something back to the blind community, consider writing some wiki entries and sharing your knowledge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert cole" To: "Speakup List" Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:31 PM Subject: Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians > 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 > >