From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from server1.shellworld.net (shellworld.net [69.60.117.94]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id E42D510A36 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:48:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from CHIHUAHUAL1 (adsl-70-241-117-235.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net [70.241.117.235]) by server1.shellworld.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 07A0B22A27 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:48:22 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: From: "Nick Gawronski" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <01bb01c9748f$338af5a0$6400a8c0@quan> Subject: Re: Possibly OT: general Linux accessibility channel on IRC? Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:48:19 -0600 Organization: Chihuahua Radio MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090111-1, 01/11/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nick Gawronski , "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: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:48:24 -0000 Hi, I personally think that an irc channel of accessibility would be a very nice thing to have. This might be slitely off topic but I really think sometimes having live support even if it is text chat in reguards to accessibility is very helpful and most irc channels for linux no one knows anything about speakup. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Homuth" To: Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:24 AM Subject: Possibly OT: general Linux accessibility channel on IRC? >I appologise if this belongs anywhere but on these lists, however I'm >rather > curious on the subject and figured this would be the best possible way to > get the opinions of the people to whom it would be most relevant. I was > wondering what the general opinion would be of a linux accessibility > channel, geared not specificly to Orca or Speakup, but to accessibility in > general; whether you use command line or desktop, Orca or Speakup, or even > Emaxspeak. Interested parties can contact me off-list, and we can go from > there. I was thinking of using the OFTC IRC network, as it seems most > geared > towards the idea behind not just Linux, but accessibility. Again, I > appologise if this is off topic in any way and would encourage anyone with > an interest, because of the possible off-topic nature, to mail me > privately. > > Sincerely, > James Homuth > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >