I've got an aim clone called tac and it's a tcl based client. and it's tatally command line driven. On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Jason wrote: > > Umm, no, I didn't forget. Yes it needs the x stuff, I think, but it > > works as a command line tool. you just type pdftotext filename and you > > get a text file. Believe me, I'm no more capable of using x than you > > are. I don't actually know where to get it from, but it is a debian > > package. > > I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear earlier. > > well, for one, keep in mind most of my comments are intended to be at least a > little bit funny. > > and actually in my case, I joined this list to find accessibility-conversion > projects to join (I'm an OK programmer, BTW), and actually I'd like to do > similar work for a living when I'm done with school. > > after joining I found out that I can at least answer some of the questions > posted. > > my interest in blind-accessiblity issues actually has an interesting (short) > story attached to it, but it's not appropriate for this list, but it includes > an idea I have for accessibility-enhancing DVD-Videos, here's a hint: > mandated DVS won't be very useful without a way to find the menu item that > turns it on ;-) > > anyway, I'm way offtopic, so I'll end here. > > btw: is there a program like gAIM or everybuddy that runs on a standard > console yet? If not I'd love to hack one together :-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Shaun Oliver. "We realize we have a problem with communication. However, we're not going to discuss it with our staff." email: shauno at goanna.net.au ICQ: 76958435
