interesting experiment.

[Alex Snow]

I think the decktalk hardware synth sounds fine, but you have to admit, the
decktalk access32 software for winblows sounds just a bit constipated.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: interesting experiment.


> Octavian:
>
> Are you aware how inconsistant you are? Do you realize how
> discouraging that is to someone who might want to help you out
> and give you advice? Do you realize that it means you won't be
> taken seriously?
>
> If you hate the sound of the old DEC Talk when you use it with
> emacspeak, why would you like it were you able to use it with
> Speakup? It would still have the same sound and all those noises
> you were complaining about two days ago.
>
> Are you serious about Linux, or are you just here to cause
> trouble? You act like you're not serious.
>
> On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
>
> > No, you're right.
> > I don't use speakup though I would like to.
> > I've read on speakup web page that there is working in progress for
making
> > the Dec Talk PC 1 card  accessible for speakup and I've subscribed
hoping
> > that I will find out if there is support or not. Or if there it will
ever
> > be.
> >
> >
> > Teddy,
> > orasnita at home.ro
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: interesting experiment.
> >
> >
> > We're all assuming he's using speakup since he's here. But from all of
> > Tedy's comments in other posts, I am beginning to get the impression
that
> > he's not, since he seems to be asking for screen readers which support
> > software tts.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 10:58:09PM -0400, Deedra Waters wrote:
> > > Try man < emacs|less then use the speakup keys to read line by line,
or
> > > word by word if you wish. you can bring up the next page by hitting
the
> > > space bar.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
> > >
> > > > Please enlighten me.
> > > > I never used the Jaws cursor in the new HTML help  format under
Windows.
> > > > Select an item in the tree view, press enter, then press F6 and it
will
> > > > automaticly start reading that help item. It is a simple HTML file
> > there,
> > > > and it works exactly as simple as Internet Explorer.
> > > > You don't need the Jaws cursor at all.
> > > >
> > > > You needed the Jaws cursor only for some bad designed help files in
the
> > old
> > > > .hlp format.
> > > > Now in the new .chm format, you don't have any problems.
> > > >
> > > > But this doesn't matter too much. Please tell me how to navigate the
man
> > > > pages.
> > > > I type man mv, for example.
> > > > It starts to print all the help file, but maybe I want to move with
a
> > page
> > > > up then down, etc.
> > > >
> > > > I know this is possible. Thanks.
> > > > Teddy,
> > > > orasnita at home.ro
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Shaun Oliver" <shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:05 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: interesting experiment.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > SNIP
> > > > > > You open a window, and it explains you what you should do there.
> > > > > > You have to press the space bar to check some checkboxes, to
press
> > some
> > > > > > buttons, etc, and if you don't know something, press shift+f10
(or
> > the
> > > > right
> > > > > > mouse button and choose "what's this?" or press F1 to view the
help
> > file
> > > > > > wich is much much more easier to navigate than the man pages
under
> > > > Linux.
> > > > SNIP
> > > >
> > > > A fake.
> > > > man pages under GNU/Linux are a lot easier to navigate than windows
help
> > > > pages.
> > > > you need to route the jaws cursor to the pc and then fart around
trying
> > to
> > > > find what you were looking for.
> > > > even with the new features in jfw I seriously doubt you could
navigate a
> > > > help file easier than a man page..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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>
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