Hi Well I given you 2 URL's to follow and if you have one of the supported synthesisers required for speakup will determine which reading you do. You can also read about the 3 distributions that can be downloaded with speakup all ready compiled in from the following: www.debian.org www.redhat.com www.slackware.com Hopefully I've given you enough pointers to get you started. I can't tell you what to do, its your job to read and choose based upon what resources you have available to you. Gena Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org >many thanks. I'm very encouraged start using linux. But unfortunately, I >don't know how, many douts. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "'Georgina'" <gena@gena-j.net> >To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> >Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 2:04 AM >Subject: Re: help please > > >> 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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list