How well would a bns classic do as terminal to install rh 9? I would think it hard because you have to arrow through stuff and the like, and the speech is so hard to understand. Maybe I should get something good like a Pacmate or braille note, sure the people on the respective lists know whether or not those can be made in to speech terminals accessibly. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:42 PM Subject: Re: Getting started. > Peter Westlake writes: > > That's a lot cheaper than a Braille terminal! Where can the > > cheap ones be found? > > I got mine from: > > http://www.computerassistivetech.com/products.htm > > > From: Peter Westlake <peter.westlake@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > At 17:50 2003-08-04, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Hi, Tink: > > > > > >Welcome to the Blinux list. > > > > > >I strongly, strongly, strongly recommend you get a hardware speech > > >synthesizer. You're not going to be satisfied with software speech in > > >the Linux console, imho. A read through the last few weeks of this list > > >may illustrate this point. > > > > > >I would make this a priority. I have seen external Doubletalk synths for > > >as low as $150 U.S. They list at just below $300 U.S. For that price and > > >the heavy performance boost you'll get out of it, you'll be very happy > > >you picked one up once the pain of paying for it has been forgotten. > > > > That's a lot cheaper than a Braille terminal! Where can the > > cheap ones be found? > > > > Peter. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list