Go to the complete download list from the http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ page, and if you're in North America there are a number of mirror sites. Here are 2 both from the East coast. Columbia University http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/linux/ubuntu/releases/ Georgia Tech. http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/ At 03:45 PM 4/17/2007, you wrote: >Hello, > >I went to the ubuntu site. The only version I found for download was >6.1. Could you kindly direct me to where to get the newer beta version? > >Thank you so much for this. > >Original message: > > Probably the easiest way to get gnome and orca running is to grab the > > latest ubuntu beta (7.04) and install it. Orca works out of the box > > with this distro and most of the applications are accessible. It even > > comes with the latest alpha of firefox3, so you can play with the > > accessibility features being developed. > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at > > 06:58:06PM -0400, Doug Smith wrote: > >> Good going. The more you can do without sighted help, the better. I > >> have to bust all my computing problems without sighted help, which I > >> do not have the luxury of anyway. My wife, though sighted, knows > >> nothing about computers and, showing her the messages or whatever, > >> would do no more than get her confused. > > >> Well, I just got the start of one going the other day. I have decided > >> to give gnome and orca a try. I may or may not regret this. I would > >> like to get some results from others on how you are doing with this > >> combination. I would like to see what's going on. If you are having > >> good or bad results with speech-enabled Linux gui interfaces, please > >> let me know so that I will know what to look forward to. > > > > >> Thanks > > > > > >> -- > >> Doug Smith: C.S.F.C. > >> Computer Scientist For CHRIST > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > -- > > ...and scantily clad females, of course. Who cares if it's below zero > > outside. > > -- Linus Torvalds > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- >Email services by FreedomBox. Surf the Net at the sound of your voice. >www.freedombox.info > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
