Hi I guess someone has already answered your questions. But in short, GUI access isn't available to us until later this year when Gnome 2 is released. You'll need a hardware synthesiser if you wish to use speakup. Alternatively, you could use Emacspeak and Via Voice. http://linux-speakup.org http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/emacspeak/emacspeak.html Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_0080_01C1F858.0DF36530 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >I don't know if this is the apropriate place to pose this kind of = >questions, but I'd like to know what must I install to start using linux = >for the first time? Is it possible to do it alone? I mean a real system = >instalation, not under windows or msdos. What screen reader must I use, = >and what about graphics, for example gnoom or kde? Thanks in advance. > > >Deus criou o Labrador, >o homem chamou-lhe c=E3o! >Vitor Manuel dos Santos Oliveira >E-MAIL: vitor.oliveira@netcabo.pt >HOTMAIL: vimasol@hotmail.com >M=D3VEL (MOBILE): 933302848 > > >------=_NextPart_000_0080_01C1F858.0DF36530 >Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> ><HTML><HEAD> ><META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = >charset=3Diso-8859-1"> ><META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=3DGENERATOR> ><STYLE></STYLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2>I don't know if this is the apropriate place to pose = >this kind=20 >of questions, but I'd like to know what must I install to start using = >linux for=20 >the first time? Is it possible to do it alone? I mean a real system = >instalation,=20 >not under windows or msdos. What screen reader must I use, and what = >about=20 >graphics, for example gnoom or kde? Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> ><DIV> </DIV> ><DIV><FONT size=3D2>Deus criou o Labrador,<BR>o homem chamou-lhe = >c=E3o!<BR>Vitor=20 >Manuel dos Santos Oliveira<BR>E-MAIL: <A=20 >href=3D"mailto:vitor.oliveira@netcabo.pt";>vitor.oliveira@netcabo.pt</A><B= >R>HOTMAIL:=20 ><A = >href=3D"mailto:vimasol@hotmail.com";>vimasol@hotmail.com</A><BR>M=D3VEL = >(MOBILE):=20 >933302848<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > >------=_NextPart_000_0080_01C1F858.0DF36530-- > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list