State of accessibility in linux

[Chris Norman]

hI MATE,
tHERE IS STILL A SCREEN READER THAT WORKS FROM BOOTUP FROM SHUTDOWN, IT'S 
CALLED "sPEAKUP".

gO TO WWW.LINUX-SPEAKUP.ORG, THERE ARE DISTRIBUTIONS ALREADY PACKAGED WITH 
SPEAKUP. tHE ONLY THING IS, IF YOU WANT SPEECH FROM BOOTUP TO POWER DOWN, 
YOU NEED A HARDWARE SYNTHESISER, OTHERWISE YOU WILL ONLY GET SPEECH FROM 
WHEN YOU LOAD THE SOFTWARE SYNTHESISER.

iF YOU WANT A DISTRIBUTION WHICH WORKS WITH SPEECH (SOFTWARE), AND CAN BE 
INSTALLED BY A BLIND PERSON, i RECOMEND grml.

gO TO WWW.GRML.ORG AND DOWNLOAD IT FROM THERE.

wHEN YOU BOOT IT, YOU WILL NEED A BOOT LINE SOMETHING LIKE THE FOLLOWING:

GRML SWSPEAK LANG=UK KEYBOARD=UK

tHERE IS LOTS OF STUFF OUT THERE, AND LOADS OF PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP.

hOPE THIS HELPS AND TAKE CARE,

Chris Norman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Wagner" <wagner.andrew at gmail.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 2:40 AM
Subject: State of accessibility in linux


> Hi all.
> I'm pretty new to this list. What is the state of accessibility for linux
> users? I read somewhere that there was at one time a goal of having a 
> screen
> reader that functioned from boot up to shut down. Is that the case now? Is
> there a linux distribution where the installation is local and accessible?
> What projects need to be done? I have a goal to find/create a linux
> distribution to get my (blind) girlfriend off her dependency on Microsoft.
> One of these days...
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