I know, the M stuff needs a serial key, since I have no scanner sighted assistance is the cheapest, maybe not easy to find, option. It's the one thing I really hate to use for computer related things, but I installed redhat totally with speech, be cool to try by serial console once, I may have to with my laptop unless it's easy to modify a CD image to add in speakup, as I'd rather not download it on a modem since my isp disconnects enough at night to make it unreliable. At 12:12 PM 12/3/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Correction, please. Anything you need to read about before doing will take >longer. It's patently illogical to suggest, therefore, that the need to >learn about something new, ipso facto redners the new more troublesome in >some way or another. > >To bring this back to the issue at hand, installing, I think you'll find >that linux with assistive technology can be installed just as fast, if not >faster, once you know what you're doing. And, you'll also find that it can >be installed by a blind user (or by a deaf-blind user) without sighted >assistance--unlike that M$ OS. > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, John G. Heim (26 >2-9887) wrote: > >> My opinion is that Linux is a much better operating system than Windows but >> it takes a lot more effort to get it working than Windows. You can install >> Windows and JAWS, accept all the defaults, and be up and running in about >> an hour. That is not going to be the case with Linux. With Linux, you >> pretty much have to read the instructions. And even if you do, there may be >> things about your installation that need some tweeking to work. >> >> If you take the time to learn Linux, you'll find that it's much more >> powerful than even Windows 2000. But you may not need the extra features of >> Linux. Things like dialing into the internet, using a word processor, >> balancing your checkbook are probably easier in Windows than in Linux. But >> linux makes a much better file server or web server than Windows. >> >> Another thing to consider is that if you learn how to use Linux you may be >> able to help other blind people in your country use Linux. Linux and >> emacspeak are free. Windows & JAWS cost hundreds of dollars. This may not >> apply to you since you already have JAWS but you may be able to help other >> blind people in your area get a speech enabled computer for practically >> nothing with Linux. >> >> >> >> At 11:30 AM 12/2/01 +0100, you wrote: >> >Hi Saqib, >> >I'm delighted of the fact that you and few other members of the list >> >answered me practically at once. >> >Thank you for that! >> >Now questions: >> >You wrote: >> >1. Do you only use a Braille display, or do you use speech also? If so, >> >which speech synthesiser do you have? >> >>Marijan: At the moment I have only desktop machine (Celeron processor >> >>Pentium 3 633MHz overclocked to 750MHz, 128MB RAM, 20GB hdd( with sound >> >>Blaster live 1024 and the oldest Tieman's Braille display with 40+5 cells >> >>named Keybraille (the predecessor of Combibraille). But just now I am in >> >>the market for Toshiba satellite 2800-600 laptop, Alva Satellite 544 >> >>portable and JFW 4.0 or 4.1, depending on the time when I'll pay. At the >> >>moment I don't think about buying of hardware speech synthesizer. >> >> >> >>You wrote: >> >>2. How much computing knowledge do you have? >> >>Marijan: It's so clear, I am not a programmer at all, I didn't learn JAWS >> >>scripting language yet but I use JFW and other applications I need very >> >>easily. In the nearest future I plan to learn more about HTML and how to >> >>make the web sites. Of course, it's very small piece of knowledge but >> >>until now I had no chance to learn more because in my country I was the >> >>first blind man who bought a computer and started to use it. >> >> >> >>You wrote: >> >>3. What sort of things do you want to use Linux for? >> >>Marijan: As a radio journalist I have to use text-processor to write my >> >>articles (I prefer WordPerfect but I use Word also); OCR programme to >> >>recognize the printed materials I need (I just installed Fine reader 5.0 >> >>trial which recognize Cyrillic);and sound editor like Sound forge witch I >> >>like it very much. >> >>I am sorry but I don't know what I should expect of Linux. I have heard >> >>that Linux is much more stable then Windows but I don't know if there are >> >>the applications I mentioned above. >> >>Anyway, I'd like to try it and see what is better. >> >>BTW, which version of Linux allows me to start a Windows apps from within >> >>the Linux? >> >>Thank you very much for your effort to help me, indeed! >> >>Sorry for my pegen English. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Marijan >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> -- >> John G. 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