From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rdu74-134-250.nc.rr.com ([24.74.134.250] helo=princenet.sytes.net ident=0) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ywlS-0001bO-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:34 -0500 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2SGVWBr007811 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:32 -0500 Received: from localhost (lorenzo@localhost) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id h2SGVWCj007808 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:32 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:31:32 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo Prince To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup and phoebe In-Reply-To: <002201c2f4e6$795627a0$1e00a8c0@atlantis> Message-ID: References: <20030327033454.GA12114@rednote.net> <002201c2f4e6$795627a0$1e00a8c0@atlantis> 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: 2.0.11 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, there are screen readers for x-windows, and also specifically for gnome, but they are in early development and are not production quality at this point. However, now that I am able to actually run x-windows, I would like to try some or all of these programs. Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Juan Hernandez wrote: > people can now use x-windows??? > > > How??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lorenzo Prince" > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:03 AM > Subject: Re: Speakup and phoebe > > > > So how do I get Gnome to work on my Slackware 9.0 system? When I type > > 'gdm' which I thought was the command to start Gnome, it does nothing. > > > > Thanks, > > Lorenzo > > > > E Pluribus Unix > > > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Adam Myrow wrote: > > > > > So, why did Redhat choose to drop Speakup from their next version? It > > > sounds like maybe somebody didn't like the modified kernel. So, they > > > should have done like Slackware and gave the user a choice of a > > > Speakup-enabled kernel or not. BTW, Slackware 9.0 just came out and has > > > Gnome 2.2 with accessibility plug-ins, and still supports Speakup. It > is > > > down to a boot disk and two root disks to install, but also has a third > > > option which is some sort of boot manager on a separate disk that will > > > supposedly boot a CDROM even on computers that otherwise can't boot one. > > > I don't know if this will speak or not, but it sure sounds interesting. > I > > > sure hope Redhat reconsiders dropping Speakup as it is a major step in > the > > > wrong direction. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >