Suggest you use the Speakup Modified Fedora 2 rather than the default packages. Please see: http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html for all kinds of references to getting started. Jeremiah Z. Rogers writes: > Good day, everyone. I'm a very capable Windows and DOS user and > troubleshooter, who is looking for a new challenge. I'm thinking of > installing Linux, and as I write this email, am downloading Fedora Core II. > I've never installed, or even used, Linux at all. I have a number of > questions with which anyone may be able to help, so here goes. > > 1. What're some steps which you found helpful as you went from another OS to > Linux? > 2. What are the most popular screen-reading packages for Linux, specifically > Fedora II? > 3. Are there any significant positives to running another version of Linux > than Core II, or are there any significant disadvantages to running Core II? > 4. What information do I need to firmly grasp in order to install the OS to > begin experimenting with it? > 5. What are any other tips or answers you might have which would be helpful? > > Many thanks in advance for any responses which you provide. > Jeremiah Z. Rogers, jzr@xxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) Email: janina@xxxxxxx Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list