VMWare server is free, though you still have to register and get a serial number. Fairly easy to use, though the buttons are not read under Orca. Marcel At 04:12 p.m. 30/01/2007, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >If I'm not mistaken, vmware is a commercial package, right? Is there >anything free, (either speech or beer), that can do the job fairly >well? > >Greg > > >On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 01:57:25PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I just finished doing something like this as an experiment. I ended up > > going > > with orca and vmware workstation - orca won't read the buttons, but > > everything else reads fine. I ultimately created an unattended xp cd > > that installed everything (jaws, winrar, 7zip, etc), set some options, > > and worked - for the most part. When something didn't work, I just > > posted a screenshot that vmware generates (on linux in png, windows in > > bmp), and someone on irc was able to read it to me. vmware play is a > > spiky, many-facited thing that sometimes works - I couldn't get it going > > at all on my last try. Qeu works, but even with the accelerator it took > > 5 seconds upon each press of the tab key for narrator to respond. With > > vmware, I was able to call someone on skype and have a conversation, but > > sound quality improved when I plugged in a USB headset. > > Hope this helps, > > Tyler > > > >- -- >web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org >gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc >skype: gregn1 >(authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > >- -- >Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFFvreE7s9z/XlyUyARAvlLAJ41iNVUa44P9D+FF1yQGJWy8/IGWACeL6b2 >9m8dGMDIg4oAxq7Un+zMSlE= >=8Bxt >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
