well I'm an old slackware user, but I am happy to report I got Orka talking on my other machine, but I haven't yet learned how to look at the rest of the gnome desktop. I'll have to study using Orca more, but I don't have the disk space to install this so I'm running it as a live Cd. thanks again and if I have questions, I'll post them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <daxlinux@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 5:26 PM Subject: Re: Questions? > Give Ubuntu a try. It does come with a screen reader on board called Orca. This > allows you to use the Gnome desktop environment the same way you would use > Windows with Jaws or Window Eyes. Just download and burn the Ubuntu Intrepid CD from > http:/www.ubuntu.com > and load it into your CD-ROM drive. Then boot the computer. Wait for about 5 > seconds after the CD starts spinning and press enter. Then press f5, 3 and enter > twice. Then you are well on your way to using Linux. If you have any further > questions, feel free to write back to the list, or you can contact me off list > if you have more specific questions once you get started or if you have any > trouble getting started. And let me be the first to congratulate you on your > breakaway from MS, which may actually happen sooner than you think once you see > this little Ubuntu thing. > > HAND, > Lorenzo > -- > Great Goddess Isis, > Thou who art above the stars, > Grant us peace and love. > --Lorenzo Taylor > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list