hI MATE, tHERE IS STILL A SCREEN READER THAT WORKS FROM BOOTUP FROM SHUTDOWN, IT'S CALLED "sPEAKUP". gO TO WWW.LINUX-SPEAKUP.ORG, THERE ARE DISTRIBUTIONS ALREADY PACKAGED WITH SPEAKUP. tHE ONLY THING IS, IF YOU WANT SPEECH FROM BOOTUP TO POWER DOWN, YOU NEED A HARDWARE SYNTHESISER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL ONLY GET SPEECH FROM WHEN YOU LOAD THE SOFTWARE SYNTHESISER. iF YOU WANT A DISTRIBUTION WHICH WORKS WITH SPEECH (SOFTWARE), AND CAN BE INSTALLED BY A BLIND PERSON, i RECOMEND grml. gO TO WWW.GRML.ORG AND DOWNLOAD IT FROM THERE. wHEN YOU BOOT IT, YOU WILL NEED A BOOT LINE SOMETHING LIKE THE FOLLOWING: GRML SWSPEAK LANG=UK KEYBOARD=UK tHERE IS LOTS OF STUFF OUT THERE, AND LOADS OF PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP. hOPE THIS HELPS AND TAKE CARE, Chris Norman <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Wagner" <wagner.andrew@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:40 AM Subject: State of accessibility in linux > Hi all. > I'm pretty new to this list. What is the state of accessibility for linux > users? I read somewhere that there was at one time a goal of having a > screen > reader that functioned from boot up to shut down. Is that the case now? Is > there a linux distribution where the installation is local and accessible? > What projects need to be done? I have a goal to find/create a linux > distribution to get my (blind) girlfriend off her dependency on Microsoft. > One of these days... > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
