speakup is nice

[Rynhardt Kruger]

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Hi,

I totally agree! Speakup is surely the fastest modern screen reader. I prefer the cli with speakup over crowded GUIs with 
windows, panels and toolbars which is more in the way than anything else. 
btw, the project at

http://netrik.sourceforge.net

looks like it can become the java/javascript browser for the console that we need so much.

Take care,

Rynhardt

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 01:38:54PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 03:10:10PM -0500, Terry D. Cudney wrote:
> >    Why do we want access to the gui? Only because the majority of the computer users in the world are sighted and they like to point-and-click. If  we had a java/javascript-enabled browser that worked in the cli with speakup, I don't think we'd be looking at orca or other gui access schemes at all. 
> 
> Here here!
> 
> Also, I'll throw in my own bit here, by saying that if it wasn't for
> speakup, I'd probably still be stuck in windows 24/7. I remember
> wanting to play with something called redhat somewhere around
> 1996/1997, but I knew at the time of no way to get it to talk, so I
> went from dos to using win95 instead. It wasn't until somewhere around
> late 2000, when windows started really getting to me with everyday
> use, that I investigated again, and found linux-speakup.org, and even
> install media for some distros, which would let me do the install
> independently! My biggest hurdle after that was to learn how to use
> this think called gnu/linux, and by extension the unix systems, but I
> think I haven't done badly there either, again in part to the helpful
> folks on this list.
> 
> I also wouldn't ever have tried netbsd without speakup. While I could
> still have installed via a serial console, and ssh in from windows,
> given the comfort of using ssh in windows when compared to using it
> from gnu/linux with speakup, I think that in itself would have made me
> give up shortly after starting, assuming I did in the first place.
> 
> So, yes indeed, thanks to you Kirk, and the rest of those who made,
> and continue to make speakup happen.
> 
> Greg
> 
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