Hi Andrew, The accessibility to Linux varies depending on which application you are using. I know of four applications for the shell environment. Speakup Emacs speak (its own desktop environment) BRLTTY (only used with braille displays) IBM (They have a screen reader which I know very little about) There is a XWindows screen reader, but I don't know much about it and how good it is. If anyone on the list could add some info to this, I would be welcomed. I would like to know how it compares to Windows or MAC. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Wagner" <wagner.andrew@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:40 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 >
