ah
this is true
good point.
Hank
On 3/13/2023 12:42 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
If dyslectics and the totally blind can't bridge through installation with
a screen reader talking google tts is pointless.
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)
.
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