Hi Kelly, X is not accessible with speech. If you want a multitasking/windowing environment, you might want to check out the Gnome system with the Orca screen reader. I haven't used it yet, but it's webpage is here: http://live.gnome.org/Orca Liz Liz Hare PhD Dog Genetics LLC doggene at earthlink.net http://www.doggenetics.com On 9/27/2011 9:35 PM, G.E. wrote: > Kelly, > Just what do you do with x windows? > I saw your post and looked it up on the web, and wikipedia tried to explain > it, but I still really don't understand it. > Sounds like it is a server for terminals, but I don't quite get it. > But wikipedia did say this about accessibility: > " Computer accessibility related issues > Systems built upon the X windowing system may have accessibility issues that > make utilization of a computer difficult for disabled users, including right > click, double click, middle click, mouseover, and focus stealing. Some X11 > clients deal with accessibility issues better than others, so those with > accessibility problems are not locked out of using X11. However there is no > accessibility standard or accessibility guidelines for X11. Within the X11 > standards process there is no working group on accessibility, so the known > ongoing accessibility problems are probably going to persist into the > future. > > " > Anyway, I would be curios as to how it can be used. > Thanks. > > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kelly Prescott"<prescott at deltav.org> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:08 PM > Subject: distributions for X > > > Can any one here give me information about which distributions work natively > best with the XWindows system? > I have used speakup and text for years, and dos terminals before that, but I > want to give the X screen readers a try to see how they are moving along. > Is there a out-of-the-box solution, or do I have to muck around with it. > You can reply off-list to me if you want. > Thanks. > -- Kelly Prescott > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
