Yeah, it's already a challenge to keep documentation aimed at power users up to date without the added difficulty of making it comprehendible to the new user in a way that doesn't come across as condescending, but once you have the content, it's trivial to distribute it in every major document format. Though, another thought occurs regarding audio versions: While a human reader with a good microphone would probably be best, might there be value in say, an Orca tutorial that is read by Orca itself? Could help potential Orca users grow accustomed to listening to a synthetic voice prior to actually trying to control the source of that voice, double as a demonstration of Orca's capabilities, and presumably, whenever there's a revision to the text, there is probably a means of automating the creation of a machine-read audiobook instead of the time involved in a human recording and post processing. Actually, while a human is limited to making voice recordings in real-time, couldn't a sufficiently powerful machine produce a synthetic voice recording in a fraction of the recording's run time? I even find myself, if the target audience is young, blind children using a computer for the first time, imagining Orca giving a self-introduction that somewhat personifies itself as if it was a character from a children's television show. Something like: Greetings my little friend! My name is Orca and I live inside your computer where I help people of all ages who rely on hearing to work and play. Now, come along as I introduce you to the wonderful world of Linux. Sorry if that sounded really silly(I have zero experience writing for young children, blind or otherwise), but I couldn't help putting it down. And if anyone here ever decides to try and write a tutorial targetted at teaching blind children to use a Linux Desktop with Orca providing speech or anything similar, feel free to use that line as is or to modify it as you deem fit. -- Sincerely, Jeffery Wright President Emeritus, Nu Nu Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa. Former Secretary, Student Government Association, College of the Albemarle. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list