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Does the setup file actually take 200 megs, or just the installation? If
the setup file is small enough, it might fit in the email.
At 03:09 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>You mean the setup.exe file or the actual installation? I presume the 
>latter. I frankly don't know.
>
>On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Brent Harding wrote:
>
>> Is it rezumable, stop and start? My email quota is 10 megs total, and I
>> have a 20 meg shell account with my isp, but windows telnet stinks because
>> of the repeat issue, and lack of editability of files.
>> At 02:52 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> >No, there's a real, honest to Windows, setup.exe file. I can email it if 
>> >you like. It's about 237 Mb. I'm sorry I don't have the uri for where I 
>> >got it immediately at hand. I came across it while doing the SSH on 
>> >Windows evaluations for ACB earlier this week.
>> >
>> >The installer is quite accessible. There are one or two screens where I 
>> >lost focus and had to Alt-TAB my way around the open apps in order to 
>> >continue. You get a list of ftp/http mirrors to select from for the 
>> >installation. As you can imagine, installing 215 Mb over the net isn't a 
>> >quick job. I have a 1.5 Mb ADSL connection and my install took around 
>> >10-12 minutes.
>> > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Brent Harding wrote:
>> >
>> >> Does it actually have an install program to it, or is it a bunch of .exe
>> >> files you just unzip? I have a double talk pc with a demo of vocal-eyes,
>> >> never used dos much to justify paying big for a screen reader for it,
but
>> >> will the executable .exe files I compile with cygwin run without bash
>> >> going, sounds cool if I had cron capability in Windows until I get linux
>> >> going again.
>> >> At 09:05 AM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>> >> >You really should be using a DOS screen reader with a hardware synth
while
>> >> >Cygwin is running.  But if you can't do that, try running the RXVT
program
>> >> >after starting Cygwin's BASH shell (the default installation).  This
makes
>> >> >the Cygwin screen look like a Windows screen to Window-Eyes.  I haven't
>> >> >succeeded in getting Window-Eyes to recognize the caret (Cygwin's
>> cursor as
>> >> >displayed by RXVT), but doing a "route mouse pointer" operation puts
the
>> >> >Window-Eyes mouse pointer at the Cygwin cursor position.  By
default, you
>> >> >have a screen of about 50 lines and more than 140 characters wide in
>> >> >RXVT/Cygwin.  I made an RXVT.000 set file, but it doesn't do anything
>> >> >special except make the entire RXVT window a Speak window.  
>> >> >
>> >> >Shutting the stuff down can be a trip.  You have to type Exit in
RXVT, and
>> >> >then again in your DOS box, which you find from the task bar.  I could
>> >> >probably fix this by refining my batch files a little.
>> >> >
>> >> >At 09:15 PM 10/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>> >> >>	Where can I get set files for Wineyes to use cygwin? I know
window-eyes
>> >> >>doesn't read this type of stuff real well, and I'm stuck using windows
>> >> >>until I get linux installed with kernel 2.4.x anyway. The weird
part was
>> >> >>that the box that my modem came in said it was controller based,
but it
>> >> >>uses com5, and ttyS4 won't initialize with it. I would've kept my isa
>> >> >>modem, but only have one slot where the double talk is, and thought
a Pci
>> >> >>modem would be easier to get than a Pci synthesizer, at least for
>> linux use
>> >> >>anyways.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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>				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
>
>Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper,
>Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp
>
>Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther
>King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
>http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp
>
>Learn how to make accessible software at
>http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
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