From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.187]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IYeLD-0006P8-00 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:58:27 -0400 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h3so729321nfh for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.146.11 with SMTP id t11mr1835334hud.1190365105322; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.13.13 with HTTP; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <9ea88b710709210158j3edcdc94m830dca28aae4948f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:58:25 +0100 From: bob To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Reading powerpoint presentations in Linux In-Reply-To: <007901c7fc29$e41e5400$4001a8c0@Mikelaptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <007901c7fc29$e41e5400$4001a8c0@Mikelaptop> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob.dodd@acm.org, "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: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:58:27 -0000 One possible route might be to ask for the PowerPoint to be exported as PDF for you. Whether Microsoft's PDF export utility makes particularly accessible is another matter, but there are PDF to text tools around for Linux. It's not exactly a perfect solution, but it may get you going. Regards, Bob. On 9/21/07, Michael Whapples wrote: > Hello, > I know this may be a bit much to hope for, but is there anyway to read powerpoint presentations in Linux? I of course am using speakup, but I also have got gnome and orca installed should it require using something like openoffice (should orca work with that part). I have asked the person who has said that they can give me this information in powerpoint format, whether they could convert it to another format, but I said I would make enquiries whether it would be possible for me to read powerpoint format. > > From > Michael Whapples > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >