i am not sure but i think i tried voiceover before and wasn't happy how it changed the gui interface. i mostly want speakup or another screen reader to use with the terminal app. On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Hermann wrote: > On 28.07.2009 at 17:10:46 james collins <james.collins75 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am a speakup newbie. I own a MacBook pro laptop running mac os x >> 10.5.7 I think. I was just wondering if I could use speakup with this >> computer, from what I know the mac os is a version of unix. > > Is the OS Leppard? If so, why don't you use Voiceover? > >> I want to >> use speakup at the command line, there is a program called terminal >> on >> my laptop and when I open it it opens a unix shell >> I think. > > I doubt that this will succeed, but I don't know exactly. > >> I just >> wondered if I could configure speakup to work on my laptop or do I >> have to be running Linux, also I wondered if there is a big >> difference >> between Linux and unix. Any help would be appreciated. >> > I fear you have to use a natural Linux. MacOS is based on Unix, but > this > does not mean, that they are identical. > I wonder if I'm wrong. > Hermann > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
