From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568CD109D1 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 07:44:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 4so88178eyf.23 for ; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:44:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:references :subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; bh=7pR/KgcbSwJOxM7XN8U9fe2NGyMr/CgPoCWfeykIoKA=; b=Cwr/O5yKmTEGsNnjuJCjIsBeN3EtpI8j34t0glTSBDhWFf7wWcQ/EF1N6mQ2wBOCxJ OE9SJDQ7TdWsk2BK043gA3zwwOsA334LN20EOm1OpBjTXnETPEYOb820NBAnwZciKpN0 LeEwRe6a4eEplKfZFomdlkoUF3b8dBWX0hSQ8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority :x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=ef1Yc8eg+GtQFQ+U1e37Me73aE7OXHSzxAZhMBLhuR/TCM2xKS9gQXcN2O3wg56ghq yMP4sQgkNX39WcGZRUswJ58QVnmrZCfYwbtGgI+JLsU1+Z7emvapXtV0rcD4wTPBofZv vAoU98vZ57oWuhVkLtksZavcQYim9r/CNV1OI= Received: by 10.210.127.13 with SMTP id z13mr1636786ebc.71.1243856675458; Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:44:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from JA1 (82-32-43-15.cable.ubr06.aztw.blueyonder.co.uk [82.32.43.15]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm17377eyb.45.2009.06.01.04.44.34 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:44:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: "James & Nash" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20090524063526.GA10264@clearwire.net><1243808975.3051.42.camel@orchid.sented-plants.local><4A23B9DE.3050406@baechler.net> <20090601113008.GG5486@const.famille.thibault.fr> Subject: Re: Vinux (was: Re: Accessible Ubuntu Installation?) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:44:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:44:36 -0000 Also it is a way to get blind people interested in Linux without having to mess around with various things. Linux still has a reputation for being very technical and designed primarily for very computer literate people not just the average home user which I would think the majority of people blind and otherwise are. That said some distros have made significant steps in making Linux accessible to a growing range of folks. Take care James Lyn Nash and Twinny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Thibault" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:30 PM Subject: Re: Vinux (was: Re: Accessible Ubuntu Installation?) Tony Baechler, le Mon 01 Jun 2009 04:22:06 -0700, a écrit : > If someone could please explain why Vinux is so much better than a > mainstream distro and why one should lower their standards to using a > special distro primarily for the blind, My understanding is that it's available _now_ with tweaks here and there, not waiting for distributions to properly fix things like e.g. orca's reading of root-launched applications. I do too believe that it's not a viable long-term solution. Samuel _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup