From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from apollo.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.99]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IYe2y-0006Es-00 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:39:36 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.125]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l8L8cvwr023765 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:38:57 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l8L8dCpn032002 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:39:12 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id l8L8dCSi031993 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:39:12 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:39:12 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Reading powerpoint presentations in Linux In-Reply-To: <007901c7fc29$e41e5400$4001a8c0@Mikelaptop> Message-ID: References: <007901c7fc29$e41e5400$4001a8c0@Mikelaptop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact sys-admin at csir dot co dot za for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CSIR-MailScanner-SpamScore: ss X-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:39:36 -0000 Hi, As part of catdoc, there is a program called catppt which sometimes work to give you the power point information. It does not keep formatting and sutch, but at least, you can mostly get to the info. HTH, Willem On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Michael Whapples wrote: > Hello, > I know this may be a bit much to hope for, but is there anyway to read powerpoint presentations in Linux? I of course am using speakup, but I also have got gnome and orca installed should it require using something like openoffice (should orca work with that part). I have asked the person who has said that they can give me this information in powerpoint format, whether they could convert it to another format, but I said I would make enquiries whether it would be possible for me to read powerpoint format. > > From > Michael Whapples > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.