From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179D3z-0003Cf-00 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:52:35 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4IMqZm03961 for ; Sat, 18 May 2002 18:52:36 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 18:52:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: <000701c1fea4$944f4840$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Well, I won't say emacspeak supports software speech, even though it does, because Raman would shoot me for calling emacspeak a screen reader. But, yasr runs with flite. I use it when I can't use speakup. It's not bad. On Sat, 18 May 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > What I'd really like to see in linux is a screen reader supporting software > speach. That would make my life, and many other people's lives, much > easier. You wouldn't have to lug your synth around with you all the time. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Adam Myrow" > To: > Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 3:29 PM > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > For me, I'd like to see a good financial package in Linux. Maybe Gnu Cash > > will be accessible when Gnome is? So much depends on this. I hope that > > not just Gnome, but KDE, Blackbox, etc. become usable at some time. One > > of the things that sounds cool about X is getting to choose your desktop > > like that. In the mean time, has anybody encountered a financial package > > under the console of any decency? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org