Janina, I agree that it's nice to have a demo version of Linux. They should be able to include brltty easily. John On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > 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 > > -- 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