From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18z4om-0005od-00 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:07:32 -0500 Received: from localhost (IDENT:1001@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2T17Rl4000996 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:07:28 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:07:27 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Snow X-X-Sender: alex_snow@h14me.homelinux.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup and phoebe In-Reply-To: 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: I'd wait till the become a little more usable. from what I've heard they are quite early in development and not really usalbe quite yet. -- A message from the system administrator: "I've upped my priority, now up yours!" On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >