From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc1-s27.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.99]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1H2laL-0002rE-00 for ; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:42:01 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.90]) by bay0-omc1-s27.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Fri, 5 Jan 2007 01:41:30 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 5 Jan 2007 01:41:30 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 80.1.72.245 by BAY103-DAV18.phx.gbl with DAV; Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:41:27 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [80.1.72.245] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com Subject: Re: firefox? From: Michael Whapples To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: References: <00ce01c72f57$32eab010$5802a8c0@WORKLAPTOP> <20070103192704.GA18938@taylor.homelinux.net> <002601c72feb$99f2e180$5802a8c0@WORKLAPTOP> <20070104165951.GA7432@taylor.homelinux.net> <20070104214036.GB31391@mail.hittsjunk.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:41:18 +0000 Message-Id: <1167990078.8577.4.camel@layla> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jan 2007 09:41:30.0920 (UTC) FILETIME=[ADF2E280:01C730AD] 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: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:42:02 -0000 Your in luck it seems, Orca can use emacspeak speech servers, and I think the dectalk express is supported like that. I can't confirm that it actually works as I don't have a dectalk but all the options seem to be there. From Michael Whapples On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 17:36 -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > I understand. Perhaps something either for later or for another platform. > I am a hardware synth person, so suppose I will need to learn not only if > there is a debian distro with orca, but if it works with say a dec > express. > Thanks again, > Karen > > On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Kenny Hitt wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Firefox 2.0 still has accessibility problems. I know it is in Ubuntu > > Edgy. It should be available in other Linux distros. You can improve > > access to it if you install the Firevox plugin. This makes Firefox self > > voicing. It can use Orca as it's speech output, so you can use what > > ever synth you use with Orca. > > > > Gaime is a part of the Gnome desktop. I believe there are issues with > > some versions using Orca, but I haven't had problems using the default > > version included in Ubuntu Edgy. > > > > Kenny > > > > On Thu, Jan 04, 2007 at 02:54:17PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > >> Hi again, > >> Question number two. > >> I have skimmed references to Linux editions of this now being available, > >> but was unclear for which distributions? > >> Is this tied to only one, and if not, can the structure created be > >> integrated into another distribution with successful speech? > >> Thanks again, > >> Karen > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >