Hello Odd, In fedora core 3 and core 4, you can use : epic for IRC and gocr as ocr. I have used epic for irc but I never tried gocr. Regards Sauro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Odd Martin Baanrud" <baanrud@xxxxxxxxx> To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 1:21 AM Subject: Getting started > Hello, > > I plan to install Linux on a 21 GB harddrive. > I have some questions, which I hope someone can answer. > > What distribution should I use? > Is it possible to get my Braille Voyager functioning durring the installation? > And/or, is it possible to get speech? > I don't have an external synth, so it must be via the sound card. > > Witch programs are the best for: > * Mail > * News > * Web browsing > * Listening to diffrent kinds of multimedia. > * IRC > * Speech > * Sound recording/editing > * OCR > * CD-recording > > Also, is the version of Skype for Linux accessible with braille/speech? > Does it exists a version of MSN for Linux? > > Well, this were many questions. I hope someone can answer them, so I > can have some basic things to start with. > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.6/151 - Release Date: 28/10/2005 > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list