Hello, Speakup only works in the console it will not work under a desktop environment. Further more, a hardware synth is required to use speakup, although some people have gotten software synthisizers to work but that takes some playing with. If you want to use a gui because you might not be too sharp on commands in linux, consider Orca for the gnome desktop it is included in the ubuntu live CD and you can read more about orca at http://live.gnome.org/Orca. To download a live ubuntu cd visit www.cdimage.ubuntu.com. A live cd is a fully functional linux operating system however it runs all from the CD and never touches your hard drive, so you can try linux before you install it. Another distro called Grml is a speakup modified distro that has no graphical desktop and is only command line based is also available if you have a hardware synth and want to give it a try. Basically Orca is a scriptable screen reader for the gnome 2.16 desktop. But first before diving into any of this, I recommend learning a tad about whaqt linux is, as you sound very new and it might prove useful to read up on what Linux is and how it works in general terms. Don't let it scare you off, it's just that in my opinion you might be better off knowing what you're doing in the long run. Have fun, Cody ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Young" <cy41169@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:54 PM Subject: How different is Speakup from JAWS > Hi... > I was wondering if Speakup has keystrokes the way JAWS does to bring up > dialog boxes that lists links and headings. How different is Speakup from > JAWS. I am a Windows user seriously considering thinking about changing to > linux. Thanks. > Charlie > > > --------------------------------- > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user > panel and lay it on us. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
