Yes I am connecting to the Linux machine but not with the default Telnet included in Windows. I use SecureCRT and I use SSH2 protocol to work under Linux. The program is pretty accessible, but of course it is not very friendly to use because I have to read the screen with the mouse cursor (the Jaws cursor). I know a better solution would be to install NCSA Telnet for DOS. That program works fine under DOS and I heard that it is easier to use than a windows program. I've downloaded it, but I need to configure it and I need to find a good DOS screen reader. This won't be such a big problem, but the main idea is that I would like to use only the Linux machine, not 2 computers in the same time. I am willing to try more screen readers and sinthesizers, and as a matter of fact, I would like to try the mbrola sinthesizer because I heard that it has support for my native language, but I am afraid that I could broke something, and then I won't be able to have the emacspeak back. I've seen some help files telling me that I should "compile" something ... Well, here I am lost. How to compile? I heard that there is another screen reader named Jupiter that works with the mbrola sinthesizer, but I am not sure here, and I heard that it is a real screen reader, not like emacspeak. I am hoping 2 things: 1. The GUI will be accessible for the blind and it won't be necessary a hardware sinthesizer. 2. The software sinthesizer will work with a newly created screen reader for the GUI. If this won't happend very soon, I hope I could use Jupiter with mbrola and I hope it sounds well. I think I need to clear a little why I need so much a good voice easy to understand. I am not a native english speaker and I don't speak english at all. I only type in english and I listen the screen reader. Well, there is no support for my native language and I listen to romanian texts with the english sinthesizer. I think you imagine how well it sounds. Now I am used to listen to romanians texts in english with a pretty high speed, and IBM Via voice sounds almost like the eloquence sinthesizer and that's why I like it. If I need to read romanian texts in eenglish with the Dec Talk sinthesizer, I can't understand almost anything. In fact, it is hard to understand english texts also. The old Dec Talk doesn't sound as well as the new ones. Teddy, orasnita at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:38 AM Subject: Re: interesting experiment. Greg: I'm pretty sure he isn't using Speakup. He doesn't have a supported synth. He telnets from his Windows machine, as I recall, and he's tried using ViaVoice directly with emacspeak. Of course, the latter is a very steep learning curve. Still, he's got the DEC Talk internal, and emacs with or without emacspeak is worth learning. Without emacspeak, he can run it over telnet--but I doubt JFW is all that great as a telnet client's screen review program. Also, the default Microsoft telnet is pretty lame. I would think this setup is fraught with frustration. So, emacspeak with that DEC Talk is probably his smartest option right now, with the telnet as a back up to avoid rebooting. I have also suggest yasr and eflite, but he's insisting on nothing less than Eloquence for free, so the DEC Talk is probably the best compromise. Another option would be a better screen reader for telnet and a better telnet client. That would mean a good DOS screen reader like asap or Vocal-Eyes, assuming he can actually run DOS on that Windows machine. Neither of those is very cheap, though, and spending that much money would be dumb, because he could get a good Doubletalk for less than the cost of that software. On Sun, 19 May 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > We're all assuming he's using speakup since he's here. But from all of Tedy's comments in other posts, I am beginning to get the impression that he's not, since he seems to be asking for screen readers which support software tts. > Greg > > > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 10:58:09PM -0400, Deedra Waters wrote: > > Try man < emacs|less then use the speakup keys to read line by line, or > > word by word if you wish. you can bring up the next page by hitting the > > space bar. > > > > > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > > > Please enlighten me. > > > I never used the Jaws cursor in the new HTML help format under Windows. > > > Select an item in the tree view, press enter, then press F6 and it will > > > automaticly start reading that help item. It is a simple HTML file there, > > > and it works exactly as simple as Internet Explorer. > > > You don't need the Jaws cursor at all. > > > > > > You needed the Jaws cursor only for some bad designed help files in the old > > > .hlp format. > > > Now in the new .chm format, you don't have any problems. > > > > > > But this doesn't matter too much. Please tell me how to navigate the man > > > pages. > > > I type man mv, for example. > > > It starts to print all the help file, but maybe I want to move with a page > > > up then down, etc. > > > > > > I know this is possible. Thanks. > > > Teddy, > > > orasnita at home.ro > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:05 AM > > > Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > > > > > > > > > SNIP > > > > > You open a window, and it explains you what you should do there. > > > > > You have to press the space bar to check some checkboxes, to press some > > > > > buttons, etc, and if you don't know something, press shift+f10 (or the > > > right > > > > > mouse button and choose "what's this?" or press F1 to view the help file > > > > > wich is much much more easier to navigate than the man pages under > > > Linux. > > > SNIP > > > > > > A fake. > > > man pages under GNU/Linux are a lot easier to navigate than windows help > > > pages. > > > you need to route the jaws cursor to the pc and then fart around trying to > > > find what you were looking for. > > > even with the new features in jfw I seriously doubt you could navigate a > > > help file easier than a man page.. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
