Word processing in linux

[Janina Sajka]

Well, in a word, "yes," you are mistaken. However, I do expect that the
GUI on Linux will become accessible, and I expect to see great strides
in the reasonably near future. But, it will take a long time before this
environment is really robustly accessible.

Zachary Kline writes:
> I was under the impression that Gnome was ready, at least that is the 
> impression I have gotten from listening to things like the review on ACB 
> Radio's Main Menu in 2003.
> Am I mistaken?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "akp" <akp at eznet.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:32 AM
> Subject: Word processing in linux
> 
> 
> >Hi Tylor,
> >
> >Hmmmm, well there isn't much you can do right now.  Star Office
> >requires X-Windows, and the Gnome desktop is not ready for prime-time
> >yet.  You could do worse than to learn Emacs and LaTeX.  As for losing
> >the formatting, that's part of the territory.  I'd write all my stuff
> >in emacs, then transfer it to MSWord when I got to school.  You could
> >do the final formatting there.  BTW, formatting has two T's, short
> >vowel and word ending in ING.  Double T keeps the vowel short!
> >
> >Ann P.
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040