Hi. For now, I believe having console access is a requirement for any blind person trying to use gnopernicus. Gnopernicus is improving, but it's not there yet. Kenny On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:45:18AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > Gnopernicus isn't ready for prime time. If you like fussing with development technology you can certainly play with Gnopernicus whichever distro you install. But, if you're looking for a Linux screen reader, best stick with the tried, true and reliable Speakup. > > > Farhan writes: > > Hello all i was wondering what linux distro is the best for a newbie at > > this thing. my sighted friend has mandrake and i hurd there is a > > screenreader for gnome called Gnopernicus what distro do i need to make > > this run and such. > > > > > > Farhan > > One Word Answers are the new era... > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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) > > Chair, Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup