I think putting a bootable and usable distribution on a CD ROM is useful. That way people can try Linux without getting all tangled up with installation. And, it gives us an easy way to walk up to someone's computer away from our own equipment and get Linux running. But, you're right about the braille. It should be there. It's important. John J. Boyer writes: > From: "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx> > > Also, apparently there is no braille output. this is a bit of > short-sightedness that is surprising in a product that is supposed to be > specifically for access by blind people. In addition, there is already a > Linux minidistribution to help blind people get started that has both > speech and braille output - BrlSpeak. Finally, do blind people really need > a special distribution just because they are blind. I'm sticking with > redhat, and I bet my Debian friends will stick with Debian. > > John > On Sun, 22 Jun > 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Somehow, the iso image is marked as a text file. > > > > I tried both the French and the U.S. repositories. > > > > Hans Zoebelein writes: > > > From: Hans Zoebelein <hzo@xxxxxx> > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > > Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 18:32:55 +0200 > > > From: Gilles Casse <gcasse@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Oralux > > > Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:33:50 -0400 (EDT) > > > Resent-From: emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > We are happy to announce the start of the Oralux project. > > > > > > Oralux is a GNU/Linux distribution for the blind or visually impaired people. > > > It eases a fast access to GNU/Linux. > > > > > > This distribution doesn't require any installation since it runs from the CD. > > > The audio desktop replaces the graphical user interface for the sighted > > > people. > > > > > > Special thanks to T. V. Raman for Emacspeak and Klaus Knopper for KNOPPIX. > > > Thanks too to people working on accessible Text To Speech softwares : free or > > > low cost softwares. > > > Oralux may start thanks to their work. > > > > > > For more details : http://oralux.org > > > We are looking for free hosters for the iso image (700 MB) > > > > > > Gilles > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list