Thanks all for various comments. I did read the wikki but didn't seem to find anything about speakup. which is my only serious interest in screen readers for now. Yes use brltty also but unfortunately brltty's speech system doesn't support the doubletalk. My box is too slow for software speech unless I want a lot of naps. I believe running version 3.2.60-1+deb7u3 Looks like my cowardly best bet is to wait till more experienced users have a go. Since I don't care about multiple desktops only reason to upgrade appears to be so as not to get behind the upgrades and eventually have to entirely reinstall. Thanks Tom Fowle wa6ivgtf@xxxxxxxxxxx On Mon, May 18, 2015, at 12:21 AM, Mike Ray wrote: > Hello, > > I did a full net install of Debian Jessie rather than upgrade Wheezy to > Jessie to Wheezy because Jessie gives alternative desktops. > > I picked the Mate desktop and it works very well, and accessibility is > excellent. > > Debian Jessie now includes Emacspeak in the repos, so no need to build > it from source. > > I have found no big accessibility problems. > > Mike > > On 18/05/2015 03:41, acollins@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi Tom. I would suggest you test Jessie with a live cd, and if that > > works, then upgrade. > > > > Gene Collins > > > > > >> SGkgYWxsLApmaW5hbGx5IHJlYWxpemVkIERlYmlhbiA4LjAgSmVzc2llIGlzIHJlbGVhc2VkLgpJ > >> IHNlZSBub3RoaW5nIGluIGEgcXVpY2sgcGVydXNhbCBvZiB0aGUgcmVsZWFzZSBub3RlcyBlZmZl > >> Y3RpbmcKYWNjZXNzaWJpbGl0eSwKb3IgYW55dGhpbmcgZWxzZSBpIGNhcmUgYWJvdXQsIGJ1dC0t > >> LS0tCgpVc2luZyBhbiBvbGQgMS4zIGdpZyBBc3VzIFAyYiB3aXRoIGRvdWJsZXRhbGsgUEMgaW50 > >> ZXJuYWwuCgpBcmUgdGhlcmUgYW55IHJpc2tzIGluIGp1c3QgZG9pbmcgYSBzdHJhaWdodCB1cGdy > >> YWRlIGZyb20gY3VycmVudGx5Cmluc3RhbGxlZCByZWNlbnRseSB1cGRhdGVkIHdoZWV6aWUgdXNp > >> bmcgCmFwdC1nZXQgdXBncmFkZQoKU2hvdWxkIEkgd29ycnkgYWJvdXQgYmFja2luZyB1cCBtdWNo > >> LCBub3QgcmVhbGx5IGFueXRoaW5nIGNyaXRpY2FsIG9uCnRoZQpib3guCgpJIHVzZSBhbG1vc3Qg > >> ZW50aXJlbHkgY29tbWFuZCBsaW5lIHNpbXBsZSBzdHVmZiwgbHlueCwgbGlua3MsIG11dHQgYW5k > >> CnRoZQpsaWtlLgoKVGhhbmtzCgogIFRvbSBGb3dsZQogIHdhNml2Z3RmQGZhc3RtYWlsLmZtCl9f > >> X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fClNwZWFrdXAgbWFp > >> bGluZyBsaXN0ClNwZWFrdXBAbGludXgtc3BlYWt1cC5vcmcKaHR0cDovL2xpbnV4LXNwZWFrdXAu > >> b3JnL2NnaS1iaW4vbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby9zcGVha3VwCg== > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > -- > Michael A. Ray > Analyst/Programmer > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > "In the beginning there was Debian, and Ubuntu was without form, and > void" > > Eyes-free Linux: > http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
