Ah i see what your saying. what if i don't have a hardware synth? wht linux distro is good enough? suse? mandrake? redhat? At 08:38 AM 6/2/2004, you wrote: >I understand. However, the point remains that all the graphical screen >readers are still developmental. They don't really work yet, to put it in >simple words. There are two, however, gnopernicus and orca. Still, you'd >best be quite expert at Linux to start mucking around with them. That's >part of what I mean by "not ready." > >On the other hand, Speakup isn't all command line. Programs like Mutt, >Pine, and the Lynx and Links web browsers are not command line, strictly >speaking. They present interfaces on screen, and they provide builtin help >mechanisms. You should still consider Speakup even if you don't consider >yourself good with command lines. > >The truth of the matter is that you're still going to need Speakup some of >the time even when the day comes that you can perfectly well use >Gnopernicus all day long. Why? Because Gnopernicus won't speak until >absolutely everything is loaded and running. Speakup, on the other hand, >speaks from the very beginning of the process. So, if there's something >amis and you need to ask for help--that's where you're going to get the >information that people who want to help you are going to need in order to >help you. > >Or, look at this this way. Let's say it's now the year 2012 and you're >using Gnopernicus with Open Office and Mozilla all day long. But, you >can't get on the Internet--and you don't know why. All of a sudden it just >stopped working. > >The fix could be a very simple fix, but you can't easily debug the >situation with GUI tools. Perhaps you can use the GNOME Terminal. But, the >GNOME Terminal is a command line inside the GUI. So, why not have the >Caddilac of command line accessibility at hand? > >No, there's no day in the future when Speakup goes away. We're always >going to need it. > >Farhan writes: > > Um what if your not good with command lines. i is there anyway for a > gui to > > be inplamented > > at 07:45 AM 6/2/2004, you 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 > > > > 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 Farhan One Word Answers are the new era...
