On 02/06/17 08:54, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
The links in this post aren't any good any more. There doesn't seem to be a good download link for JFD anymore, so hopefully someone's actually got the file, and is willing to share. I'm just curious, did the links work for you? Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:Henter-Joyce released JAWS for DOS as freeware back in 1999, so if you can find the executable somewhere then you should be good! http://www.nfbcal.org/nfb-rd/1526.html On 01/06/17 21:52, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:I made a free dos cd. I've got a dectalk express hooked up to this machine. I have demos of asap and vocal eyes. Couldn't get jaws for dos, which I really wanted. But if I put the cd in, and let it spin a while, how do I get dectalk talking so I can work the install and stuff? Been years since I've done this, and a reader isn't readily available. More input would be helpful. thanks yall. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:again, my note on hardware, starting with a good dos synthesizer and screen reading program. If your machine is dos ready, you can manage, for example including the start files for your screen reader on the disk you are using. Or installing first from floppy etc. Depends on what you are using all the way around. Karen On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:How's a feller handle installation if he can't see the screen? Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:Tim here. The FreeDOS folks just released version 1.2 earlier this year http://www.freedos.org/download/ which is available for free and has multiple installation-media images (ISOs to burn a CD along with a boot-floppy image if your machine is so old that it won't boot to a CD, as well as a disk-image files to write to a USB disk) It's actively developed and should run pretty much any DOS application that you throw at it. -tim On June 1, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:Ok, this dos discussion makes me wanna run dos. Coolness! How can i get it? Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:The solution I've been using for years is to use my DOS machine running Telix, a vt100 terminal emulator and Vocal Eyes screen reader. Then I just connect to my local linux box using a null modem cable and from there run screen for multiple consoles. Linux does all the heavy lifting including mplayer, lynx, ssh to remote accounts etc. The best part of this mode of operation is that all linux consoles feel the same. Regardless whether they are on my local box, on my Panix shell account, or on a remote work server. And as was pointed out, I can control all the speech controls from my main keyboard. On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 04:02:42PM -0400, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:If two local computers are available with one running dos and a compatible screen reader and a user is willing and able to work in the console it's possible with a null modem cable and a program like kermit or commo on the dos machine to connect to the other computer running linux and have all console output redirected out the linux serial port to the dos box. I did this once with only one version of linux and the information on how to do that is in one of linux-howtos serial howto files. On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 14:03:36 From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: living in the console. I am not. since none of the Linux speech sources currently support my synthesizer, it is not like I can just buy a system. That means having one built and configured locally..something I did not think would be such an issue. I mean I do it regularly for DOS when I find a later edition of DOS that gives me something needful. My present dos package for example is only a few years old comparatively speaking, has full USB support, networking etc. However I have been trying to find local talent for the Linux side for more than a decade now, almost 15 years or so I imagine. User groups tend to have a laid back perspective if they can be found. clear, fundamental and step by step information in basic but informative detail does not exist, let alone in person training. I even had someone try to install Linux to a drive and send it, only not to have Linux support any of the hand picked hardware, or for that person to have included any way to reach the internet...I am serious. I would ssh telnet into the box just like I do for Shellworld which is now running Ubuntu 16.04, or my dreamhost setup for work which is not as current. I have no problem doing that at all, but the box must exist setup to my specifications, I intend using it for music making and media..which means in person real skill. long distance has simply produced amusing efforts with no progress. My favorite local effort was when someone building a machine for me showed up with a live disk prepared to introduce me to Linux. They popped in the cd and we waited...and waited...and waited lol! besides, I think speekup still puts all the controls on one side of the keyboard, not using the full thing, which for me personally is counter productive. My present screen readers, all of the ones on my machine actually, let me get information without ever taking my hands off the keys unless I need to review. Most important though since all software speech makes me dizzy is the need to keep the voice I have with whatever I am using. Long answer to as short comment, Kare On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:If you're in the market for a linux laptop, http://www.thinkpenguin.com/ is one good source. On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 09:57:30 From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: living in the console. which is why I am going to find one on line somewhere. I have no actual Linux box myself. Kare On Wed, 31 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:Oh I think there is a file somewhere called setup.exe oredbrowse-setup > or something like that.Sorry it has been many years since I did the setup. The readme file will tell you all about it.On May 31, 2017, at 10:26 PM, Linux for blind generaldiscussion > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Well it must require more because when I tried visitingpaypal I just > got a series of numbers and a blank page.Even trying for a help menu produced the question, are youlooking for > business solutions?Granted we may not have it fully configured here at shellworld. Will hunt some sort of manual and try again, KareOn Wed, 31 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: If you mean to browse something just type: edbrowse urlor edbrowse fileThen you can use the same commands as ed. edbrowse is also an email reader/sender and otherstuff. I love it.On May 30, 2017, at 5:08 PM, Linux for blindgeneral discussion > > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Out of curiosity, what is the syntax for ebrowse?We have it here at shellworld...I think, and I wish to testsomething.KarenOn Fri, 26 May 2017, Linux for blind generaldiscussion wrote:Edbrowse may help for web browsing alonggg withsurfraw-heavy.Sent from BlueMail for iPhoneOn May 25, 2017 at 7:18 PM, Linux for blind generaldiscussion > > > <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Tim here Mark Peveto wroteOver the last couple days or so, I've considered becoming a totally command line linux user.I'm mostly there. Web browsing is the big hurdlefor much of myday-to-day use. Lynx/links/elinks work for many things, but some sites just need a fully modern-standards-supporting browser.How would I print to my printer for example, It depends on what you want to print, but itusually involves pipingthings to the "lp" ("line printer") program. It can beconfigured touse CUPS on the back end (and may already be configured out of the box for you).Getting fancier output would involve rendering somesort of markup.There are tools to render HTML, LaTeX, PDFs, and even > >Word/LibreOfficedocs from the command-line to the printer.I don't know what you want to print, but I suspectit can be done inmost cases.play an entire album from my music collection. It depends on your tastes, but there are literallydozens of musicplayers. Some, such as mpg123/mpg312/aplay/ogg123 allow you to specify just the files you want on the command line andit will playthem. Others, like mplayer are similar but give you a little more control over playback.There's also mpd/mpc which is the Music PlayerDaemon/Client thatruns in the background and doesn't really have a GUI. The mpd program runs in the background and the mpc program acts like a remote-control, letting you create/edit playlists,control playback,etc. I like the remote-control aspect as I can map them to particular keys on my keyboard or aliases in the shelland have > > > quickaccess to common commands with my media-keys.Personally, I use "cmus" which has a text-mode GUIbut also has aremote-control interface like mpd/mpc. I start up tmux and have a pane for my alsamixer and cmus which lets me flip betweenthem > > > prettyreadily. It allows me to make play-lists, search my collection, shuffle, etc, much like you'd be familiar with in agraphical > > > player.How, also, would I create documents insomething beyond textformat?usually it's done with a markup that suits yourtastes. I personallyhave been writing HTML by hand since college in the mid90s so > > > that'swhat I reach for. But other people like TeX/LaTeX (it does produce some beautiful output and also has external librarysupport for > > > thingslike music markup letting you write scores) while other people like some of the more light-weight markup languages like Markdown or RST or the like.I'd kick the tires on a few and see what feelsnatural to you.Fortunately, there's a tool called "pandoc" that lets you convert between a large number of input/output formats so you can write in Markdown and convert to PDF, or write in HTML and convertto MS-Wordformat, or write in LaTeX and convert to ePub withminimal loss. Andit outputs any of them in plain-text (though you may lose some information in the process since plain-text doesn't support many features as you've acknowledged)How does one ditch the guy, and still enjoy alllinux has to offerin the console?One program at a time (grins). So much like each ofthe items above,it's a matter of asking "I currently do XYZ in the GUIbut would > > > liketo do XYZ in the console" for whatever XYZ is your next adventure.I maintain a page listing a number of commoncommand-line tools:http://tim.thechases.com/posts/cli/software-for-a-command-line-world/that can point you in the direction of variousapplications to tryout. Some might drive you crazy while others might fit your brain just right. They should all be free and are likely in most software repos, so it doesn't cost you anything except a little time to try each one out.I'm willing to learn how to do this, but who everdecides to helpme is gonna hafta be patient.The folks on this list are a pretty friendly &patient bunch, sowe'll be glad to help where we can.-tim_______________________________________________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_______________________________________________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_______________________________________________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_______________________________________________ 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_______________________________________________ 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-- Rudy Vener _______________________________________________ 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_______________________________________________ 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_______________________________________________ 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-- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail _______________________________________________ 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
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