Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: Okay, I found out that Fedora did in fact install, the boot order for booting up was just a bit wrong, with network booting first, lol. Now, though, Emacs, Emacspeak, and Voxin are installed on Fedora! Thanks all for the suggestions though. :) > If you're just trying to get a platform where you can run Emacs and > Emacspeak then I'd suggest just going with Vinux 5.1. The boot media > will just come up talking. > > > On 29/06/17 08:31, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> Thanks for this. I mainly want Linux for Emacs with Emacspeak. I'm >> not a programmer, sorry, not yet a qeast, but Emacspeak both makes >> sense to me, and makes reading and writing things like documents, >> emails, and reading books and web pages, with Emacspeak's ways of >> controlling Eloquence to make content more enjoyable and informative >> to take in, is like going from black and white to colored TV >> compared to screen readers which rely on accessibility API's to show >> information. I'd a qeed Firefox for more demanding sites, like web >> apps, but that's about it. Wel, either Firefox o ofome. I did try >> Debian a few months ago, but it could not dtimeect my Wi-fi >> card. Tce Talking Arch could, I wound up having someone on IRC >> install it over SSH, but I don't want the people of that IRC server >> to run out of pajience with me, so I probably won't ask again. So, >> any other ideas I can try? >> >> Devin Prater >> >> Assistive Technology Instructor in training at World Services for >> the BLIND, JAWS certified >> >> On Jun 29, 2017 7:45 AM, Linux for blind general discussion >> <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Le 29/06/2017 à 12:29, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >>>> Hi all. After using Windows for a month, after using Linux for two >>>> months, I've noticed that everything that I do on Windows, I could >>>> do on Windows, and with the Braille note Touch, I can get the >>>> Exchange emails from the training center I'm attending, which >>>> mainly uses Windows. So, while in Windows, I burned a USB drive >>>> with the latest Fedora image, using Rufus, making it bootable. So, >>>> The installation went well, but after the computer restarted, and >>>> the flash drive was taken out, no system came up. I've never seen >>>> that happen before, and Googling didn't give any answers, so I'm >>>> stuck between Vinux, and Arch. Vinux being okay I suppose, but out >>>> of date, and Arch being hard for me to install, without scripts >>>> although the ones I know of are broken, but Arch is what I like, >>>> because it has anything I ask of it. So I tried installing Fedora >>>> a few more times, formatting the drive, but no luck. Then I >>>> accidentally pulled the flash drive out of the USB drive for a >>>> moment, and when I pushed i >>>> t back in, I couldq't load Orca when first starting up the >>>> installer, so the data on that drive is probably corrupted. So, >>>> any ideas? Should I just go with Vinux and deal with it? The last >>>> time I tried the instructions for installing Arch, I got stuck on >>>> setting the clock and such, because the results I got were not the >>>> results on the ge, so I'm just not sure what to do. >>> Unfortunately Fedora isn't ready for accessibility at this time. You can >>> install Debian 9 "Stretch" with braille or speech synthesis : >>> https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/ch05s02.html >>> >>> I advise you to choose Mate as desktop environment for its accessibility >>> and ease of use. >>> >>> Best regards. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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