From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from redstripe.fhda.edu ([153.18.96.108]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bb0i8-00059Z-00 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:30:00 -0400 Received: from ATTC51 ([153.18.19.204]) by redstripe.fhda.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id KAA76015 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:24:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Debee Norling" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:29:44 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: RE: Success! X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: norlingdeborah@fhda.edu, "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: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:30:00 -0000 >I have speakup installed and working and I think my blind friend will be >most pleased! Congratulations. Getting things to work can be like wandering thru a lot of twisty little passages .. But remember not do do everything for your friend. Now that he has a talking system he can read docs and compile his own kernel, grab more packages from Debian mirrors, even learn to program. I noticed when I tell sighted friends that I'm playing with Linux and that I'm new they offer to do all sorts of things for me. What I want from my sighted friends is the same thing I want from my blind friends, a sense of community, a willingness to answer questions, and of course I want them to come back to me when they need help. But none of us want our sighted friends to take over and do it for us!! --Debee