I'd suggest learning with a command line. You can also get speechd-up, and other programs to give you software speech, rather than using gnome. It's accessibility is still being worked on, while the linux command line has been used for a long time. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ [My programs don't have bugs; just randomly added features] msn: compgeek13 at gmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 vertigo head coder web: tysdomain.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cody Hurst" <churst35@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:40 PM Subject: Re: Hello... > Hello Mike, > > To get ou up to speed, there is a graphical desktop called Gnome, whihc > supports a screen reader called Orca. If you download the live CD of Ubuntu > 7.04, you can use the screen reader right fromthe live CD. I wish I had time > to explain it all, but visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca and read all about i > there. I would say orca is comparable to jaws or window eyes the team who > developes is in my opinion is the bes in the industry of open source > sofware. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaijin" <gaijin at clearwire.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 2:54 AM > Subject: Hello... > > > > Hello all, > > > > Just joined the list and thought I's say "hello" to everyone. > > Really nice to find a place like this. I'm a rabid Linux fanatic who > > went blind from diabetic retinopathy in August of '02, and I've been > > pretty much offline ever since. Finally broke down and upgraded my > > system to support WinXP and quickly heard about SpeakUp for Linux. I'm > > in the process of looking for a supported speech synth for SpeakUp, so > > I'm still stuck in Windows on a 30 minute Win-Eyes time limit. I hope > > to soon get Slackware up and running, and soon be able to contribute to > > the SpeakUp effort right along-side everyone. I'm presently playing > > around with a copy of Oralux and learning the features. Just need that > > speech synthesizer, and I should be off and running. Thank you for all > > your efforts. It is well appreciated. > > > > Best regards, > > Michael "Foreign White Devil" Ferranti > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
