Unix

[james collins]

i am not sure but i think i tried voiceover before and wasn't happy  
how it changed the gui interface. i mostly want speakup or another  
screen reader to use with the terminal app.
On Jul 28, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Hermann wrote:

> On 28.07.2009 at 17:10:46 james collins <james.collins75 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I am a speakup newbie. I own a MacBook pro laptop running mac os x
>> 10.5.7 I think. I was just wondering if I could use speakup with this
>> computer, from what I know the mac os is a version of unix.
>
> Is the OS Leppard? If so, why don't you use Voiceover?
>
>> I want to
>> use speakup at the command line, there is a program called terminal  
>> on
>> my laptop and when I open it it opens a unix shell
>> I think.
>
> I doubt that this will succeed, but I don't know exactly.
>
>> I just
>> wondered if I could configure speakup to work on my laptop or do I
>> have to be running Linux, also I wondered if there is a big  
>> difference
>> between Linux and unix. Any help would be appreciated.
>>
> I fear you have to use a natural Linux. MacOS is based on Unix, but  
> this
> does not mean, that they are identical.
> I wonder if I'm wrong.
> Hermann
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