2010/12/1, Albert Sten-Clanton <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net>: > Sorry for my redundancy. I saw the later message first. > > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Bill Cox > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:52 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: question > > I'm going to do my standard shameless plug for Vinux, which is a distro > built on to of Ubuntu for the express purpose of advancing development of > accessible technologies. Vinux 3.0, built from Ubuntu Lucid, is popular, > and in my still fairly uneducated opinion, the best current version of Linux > for the general blind population. However, I will also acknowledge that > Adrian Knopix is the easiest to use for blind beginners, while blind power > programmers seem to prefer emacspeak on the consoles. > > That said, most blind Vinux users seem to spend most of their time in > speakup on the consoles. I think the value of learning how to work in the > consoles with speakup is huge. > > Bill > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Charlie Dorff <cy41169 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> All gnome linux comes with orca which is a pretty easy screen reader to > learn to use. I would also recommend you start with Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a > great Linux distro for beginners. If you can not burn a CD of Ubuntu or you > Internet speed is not fast enough to download you can request a free CD at > the Ubuntu website. If you have any more questions do not hesitarte to ask. > Good Luck to you. >> >> >> --- On Wed, 12/1/10, Adri?n Mena <adrianm7m at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Adri?n Mena <adrianm7m at gmail.com> >> Subject: question >> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:36 PM >> >> Hi my name is Adrian, I am writing from Costa Rica. >> My question is that I use Windows but I am very interested in changing >> to Linux. However, I do not know how and where to start. For example, >> how can I install the os with voice response since the very beginning? >> I read that I can use speak up, however, it seems a little complicated. >> Thank you for your help. >> >> -- >> W= F x D "Carpe diem" >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > Hello and thank you, I would try Adrian Knopix to see how it goes. I am downloading the iso filed, I think that since it is my first contact with Linux I should start with a easy distribution. thank you again. -- W= F x D "Carpe diem"