there probably are, but anything involving a touchscreen is going to be rather difficult for a blind person to use, unless the software is setup similar to what voiceover does in OS X on touchscreen devices (gives audio feedback of what is highlighted and then use of gestures to complete the action). I don't see anything like that for linux yet. my experience with touchscreens comes from the local grocery (they went ALL touchscreen about a year ago and I find myself unable to use them at all.). their system is windows based, has no audio feedback of a tactile action, etc. not usable at all. now, since the software appears to have a command line ability, there may be a way to issue commands to answer specific calls, place them on hold, etc. I am not that familiar with your software package to even guess at its capabilities. -Eric On Oct 3, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Samuel Wilkins wrote: > Hello Erick, I thought there were phone in systems that would work with the > Linux command line interface and were computer controlled. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Eric Oyen > Sent: 03 October 2010 09:58 > To: Linux for blind general discussion > Subject: Re: University Radio Software > > well, > unless you have a tactile template for that touchscreen (or some verbal > feedback of what is under your finger when you contact the screen) you are > out of luck. > > as for speech packages for linux, they are free. there is orca (which is > designed to work under gnome). in fact, there several distributions designed > for the blind in mind. > > command line interfaces are probably the easiest to work in for the blind (I > should know, I am and I do). > A google search will turn up a large number of hits for the search term > "linux for the blind". I hate to have to point you there, but as I have > learned, google is your friend. > > as for supporting a doubletalk LT Synthesizer? I think there may be support > for most of the older speech and braille hardware even in most modern > distributions. I haven't run across that specific unit in almost a decade. > these days, speech synthesis can be done with an ordinary dsp sound card. > > I would check here first: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers > > -Eric > > On Oct 3, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Samuel Wilkins wrote: > >> Hello there, I will be helping on my university’s radio station. However, > their music >> broadcasting software only works in Linux. Could you please tell me what > screen readers >> for Linux are available, how much they cost, and whether they would > support a doubletalk >> LT synthesizer. I have spoken to the station manager and he thinks that > the software >> could be run through the command line interface, as I believe that is the > only way >> to use Linux, as they do not use the Gnome interface. Could you please > tell me if >> this is true. The software they developed is a bespoke piece of software > developed by the university, and they are happy to make any modifications. > Finally, I am hoping to allow people to phone into the show I will >> be presenting. However, the station manager has told me that the system > they will >> be receiving is touch screen. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what > I could >> do and if there are any systems that I could use? I am asking these > questions because >> the station manager wants me to tell him exactly what I am going to need. > So, I’m >> going to send him a preliminary list of what is required, so he can > discuss with >> the student union what they can do. Thank you in advance. >> _______________________________________________ >> Blinux-list mailing list >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > Eric Oyen - N7ZZT > Phoenix Arizona > Geocode: > 33.488462 -112.234926 > N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Eric Oyen - N7ZZT Phoenix Arizona Geocode: 33.488462 -112.234926 N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list