The latest version of Oralux, which is bassed on knoppix comes with emacs speak and YASR. Now i just need to get to grips with emacs speak. Nigel, To read about injustice, please visit. http://www.stormbringer.tv/info/story1.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Requested: Tips for Getting Started With Linux > Well put. You said the same thing I said but in fewer words. > > I just read an article in which the author said he gave his music students > "live" linux CDs so they could try linux without reconfiguring their > system. He didn't say what a live CD is but I guess it's a bootable CD with > a complete linux system on it -- like Oralux. So that might be a good place > to start. > > Even though I'm an experienced linux user, something that I would find > helpful is a live yasr CD or a live speakup CD. I've been using emacspeak > for years and haven't bothered to even try anything else. I fear I may be > missing out. > > Anybody know if such things exist? Are they even technically possible? > > > > At 08:13 AM 6/9/2004, Stoppard wrote: > >Sorry I can't really answer all of those questions as I am new my self. But > >I would say patience staying power are the main 2 things, closely followed > >by finding where to look for information and where to ask questions. > > > >I am currently using Oralux which runs from cd so no install is necessary. > >www.oralux.org > > > >hope this helps, > >Nigel, > > > >To read about injustice, please visit. > >http://www.stormbringer.tv/info/story1.html > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <jzr@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Linux for blind general discussion" > ><blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 5:30 PM > >Subject: Re: Requested: Tips for Getting Started With Linux > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- > John G. Heim > University of Wisconsin - Division of Information Technology (DoIT) > 1210 West Dayton St, #4297, Phone: 2-9887 > > To boldly code what no one has coded before. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list