I have a friend fluent in French who will as time permits check that web site out and maybe ask some questions so I can learn if a bridge screen reader can be used. More on this later. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > if it uses google tts then its a damn good tts > On 3/11/2023 11:41 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Oh dear, gspeech is google speech and any emmaubuntus system has to be > > online at all times to use it and start it. That's an unacceptable > > security vulnerability here. > > > > > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > > > . > > > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > >> Plus, there are Ubuntu variants for XFCE(Xubuntu) and LXDE(Lubuntu) > >> and last I checked, there were XFCE and LXDE variants of Debian CD1 > >> and the Debian Netinstaller featured LXDE and XFCE alongside Gnome, > >> KDE, and Mate on the list of options at the install additional > >> software step. > >> > >> Presumably, other major distros have options, either at time of > >> downloading the iso, time of installation, or after installing the > >> system, to setup XFCE, LXDE, LXQT, or one of the many stand-alone > >> window managers. > >> > >> On 3/12/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> are you really sure it's necessary to use a specialized Linux > >>> distribution just because of the computer's age? > >>> > >>> I mean, Linux is pretty lightweight even on the flagship distros, in > >>> most cases, you're completely fine with them and can benefit from their > >>> accessibility support. > >>> > >>> I've recently installed Ubuntu Mate 22.04 64-bit on my cca. 15 years old > >>> laptop, and I was very pleased with the experience. > >>> > >>> Indeed, it was not as lightning as my current-one, though honestly, I > >>> had a feeling most of the delay came actually from the physical > >>> keyboard, which is very sturdy compared to today's standards, and takes > >>> quite an effort to type on. > >>> > >>> But even with this slowdown, the experience was still quite fluent. > >>> > >>> > >>> Best regards > >>> > >>> > >>> Rastislav > >>> > >>> > >>> D?a 12. 3. 2023 o 0:31 Linux for blind general discussion nap?sal(a): > >>>> I downloaded the latest release. It has espeak-ng on it but doesn't have > >>>> orca. I couldn't figure out how to get espeakup-ng to come up on boot so > >>>> I'd have a talking install at least. > >>>> For those that don't yet know emmaubuntus is a distribution aimed at > >>>> under-powered and refurbished machines stuff that would otherwise end up > >>>> in the land fills. It's for beginners to linux and the only reason I'm > >>>> doing anything with it at all is to possibly help a remote sighted person > >>>> migrate one or more old windows machines to this version of linux and she > >>>> hasn't used linux yet. It offers xfce and lxqt as desktops. If orca > >>>> isn't in the repository being used it ought to get in the repository so > >>>> the desktops get accessible for screen reader users. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > >>>> defense of liberty: > >>>> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > >>>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > >>>> > >>>> . > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >>> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list