Also it is a way to get blind people interested in Linux without having to mess around with various things. Linux still has a reputation for being very technical and designed primarily for very computer literate people not just the average home user which I would think the majority of people blind and otherwise are. That said some distros have made significant steps in making Linux accessible to a growing range of folks. Take care James Lyn Nash and Twinny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 12:30 PM Subject: Re: Vinux (was: Re: Accessible Ubuntu Installation?) Tony Baechler, le Mon 01 Jun 2009 04:22:06 -0700, a ?crit : > If someone could please explain why Vinux is so much better than a > mainstream distro and why one should lower their standards to using a > special distro primarily for the blind, My understanding is that it's available _now_ with tweaks here and there, not waiting for distributions to properly fix things like e.g. orca's reading of root-launched applications. I do too believe that it's not a viable long-term solution. Samuel _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
