From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.22] helo=hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16T4Vz-0007yM-00 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:15:20 -0500 Received: from user-2ivftg5.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.246.5] helo=home) by hawk.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16T4W0-0001FI-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:15:20 -0800 From: "David Arocho" To: Subject: RE: Needs educating: Message from Linux (fwd) Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:14:38 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0008_01C1A2C0.A2478060" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020122112305.01f72890@198.144.194.210> Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C1A2C0.A2478060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Charlie, I am sure there are others on the list better qualified to answer specific questions about x-windows. I know a number of popular applications - WordPerfect being perhaps he most notable, have been ported to x-windows. I recall as far back as 1989 or so, there had been attempts to make the system accessible for blind users. I recall a presentation at a national convention where they were using a system of speakers to simulate virtual rooms as a means of accessing the directory structure. I believe it was not till the advent of Linux that x-windows has been coming into its own as an alternative graphical user interface. Some of the models used to develop windows screen readers were first developed for x-windows, though, long before Linux. As you know, although I have been using computers since I bought the Texas Instruments home computer (I think it was called the TI-99-4 something), which came with a speech synthesizer and Basic - back in the early 1980s - I am not a techy. I like a lot of the windows features, I like the old DOS command driven interface, and I like to dabble with Linux. One day the computer will be as easy to use as the telephone; let's try to make sure that when that day arrives the blind are not left out. David ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C1A2C0.A2478060 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment Reply-To: From: "Charles Crawford" Sender: To: References: <20020122153308.GB29522@asmodean.net> Subject: RE: Needs educating: Message from Linux (fwd) Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 08:25:08 -0800 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020122112305.01f72890@198.144.194.210> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Sender: ccrawford@198.144.194.210 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Hey Dave, Good to see you on this list. I wonder if there are some folks out there familiar with XWindows to share the kind of navigation that goes on with it? I have no idea. Is it the same icons and rdio buttons and all of tht? How is it different than windows and how much more easy would access be to develop in the XWindows environment? These are important questions to your point I imagine. -- charlie Crawford. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ------=_NextPart_000_0008_01C1A2C0.A2478060--