Hey John how feasible would it be to do a front end to cd record like cdw. I can't seem to get the darned thing working. On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, John J. Boyer wrote: > Will, > > There are already lots of screenreaders fro Linux, and they are all free. > I'm using brltty myself, since i use braille. Others use Speakup or > Emacspeak. Fedora may already include some of these, but I don't know > since I haven't messed with it. I'm using Redhat 8.0. Perhaps what is > needed is an installation disk that will produce braille and/or speech > immediately, so that a blind person could carry out the installation. > There are others on this list with experience in this area. I'm looking > for an actual programming project. > > John > > > On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 herzog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Well, I am sighted, and I work with blind people to try and get them going > > on computers. So far it has been all win 98 and JAWS, as there is lots of > > support;, and I can see enough to detect what the problem is when many > > trouble screens won't read, or go away. So the sited stuff is useful. I > > have tried, and use redhat8 myself, but I only know of one blind person who > > uses Linux, and she has lots of personal help. > > So I think the big need is for Fedora, the new Linux hoopla, to be working > > with voices, preferably cheap or free. > > The Fedora list is nearly 100 messages per day, a snow job, and not yet > > ready for prime time players. > > There is where to work! > > Will > > At 05:17 AM 2/25/04, you wrote: > > >Hello, > > > > > >I'm blind myself, and I'm hapiest when I have a good programming project. > > >So I'm looking for suggestions for programs that would really benefit > > >blind people. I think a text-mode program, possibly using the curses > > >library, would be most appropriate. I've tested Gnome and Gnopernicus, but > > >they really aren't ready for normal use by blind persons, at least not for > > >those who use braille displays. > > > > > >On a related subject, I really can't see any inherent advantage to a GUI > > >unless you can actually SEE the screen. All the usability features can be > > >implemented in text mode. > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > > > > >-- > > >John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer > > >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 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer > 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 > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list