I suggest bitlbee and an irc client such as irssi. This will provide access to jabber, AIM, MSN, and a few other services. I believe that it's possible to use the development branch of bitlbee and get support for sending and receiving text Skype messages, but I don't know if the entirety of the setup process is accessible with Speakup. Chris On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 10:34:20AM -0800, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > 'Good' is a relative term, so I will try to point out some > possibilities where I might. > > I do not use IM programs, but some discussions on this topic have come > up in the past--maybe something in the archives is findable? > > I do not use skype--maybe someone else can suggest something. > > As for the word processor, if you want to process only words (no > embedded graphics, etc.), a powerful text editor may handle your > needs--perhaps the emacs editor will work for you? > > I see that the sc spreadsheet calculator program is here on my > Slackware system, and it presents a spreadsheet screen in text mode. > I have not tinkered with sc for many years--maybe it is worth looking > over. > > As for games, if it is text games you want, some LINUX distributions > come with the BSD games set. If you want more, there is the > interactive fiction archive site at > > http://ifarchive.org/ > > You can compile various programs from this site to play all sorts of > text adventure games, and the archive (over 3.1 GB) is available via > rsync as follows: > > mkdir ~/ifarchive > rsync -rlptDv --bwlimit=0 --timeout=300 --partial --delete \ > ibiblio.org::pub/docs/interactive-fiction/ ~/ifarchive > > For graphical games you will probably need some sort of GUI. > > HTH, and have a great day. > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:07:59PM -0500, josh wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Are there any good msn messenger, > > skype > > word processor > > spreadsheet > > and accessible games that work good with speakup? > > I want to use grml since I hear that gnome takes up lots of memory and > > stuff. > > > > Josh > > > > email: jkenn337 at gmail.com > > skype: jkenn337 > > msn: kenn6498ku at hotmail.com > > -- > Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. > rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid > ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light... > CIRCLE CIRCUMFERENCE = 2 * _pi * r > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup