Hi John, Well for people who are parshily sighted i am sure a GUI is much easyer, and you don't have to learn all those commands and switches. I guess Carpurnicus will need work before it is ready. Have you had a look at, www.oralux.org See what you think, Nigel --- www.stormbringer.tv ----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: Looking for a Programming Project which would really benefit blind people > 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