question, sorry for my redundancy

[Adrián Mena]

2010/12/1, Albert Sten-Clanton <albert.e.sten_clanton at verizon.net>:
> Sorry for my redundancy.  I saw the later message first.
>
> Al
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Bill Cox
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:52 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: question
>
> I'm going to do my standard shameless plug for Vinux, which is a distro
> built on to of Ubuntu for the express purpose of advancing development of
> accessible technologies.  Vinux 3.0, built from Ubuntu Lucid, is popular,
> and in my still fairly uneducated opinion, the best current version of Linux
> for the general blind population.  However, I will also acknowledge that
> Adrian Knopix is the easiest to use for blind beginners, while blind power
> programmers seem to prefer emacspeak on the consoles.
>
> That said, most blind Vinux users seem to spend most of their time in
> speakup on the consoles.  I think the value of learning how to work in the
> consoles with speakup is huge.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Charlie Dorff <cy41169 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> All gnome linux comes with orca which is a pretty easy screen reader to
> learn to use. I would also recommend you start with Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a
> great Linux distro for beginners. If you can not burn a CD of Ubuntu or you
> Internet speed is not fast enough to download you can request a free CD at
> the Ubuntu website. If you have any more questions do not hesitarte to ask.
> Good Luck to you.
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 12/1/10, Adrián Mena <adrianm7m at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: Adrián Mena <adrianm7m at gmail.com>
>> Subject: question
>> To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>> Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 4:36 PM
>>
>> Hi my name is Adrian, I am writing from Costa Rica.
>> My question is that I use Windows but I am very interested in changing
>> to Linux. However, I do not know how and where to start.  For example,
>> how can I install the os with voice response since the very beginning?
>> I read that I can use speak up, however, it seems a little complicated.
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
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Hello and thank you, I would try Adrian Knopix to see how it goes.
I am downloading the iso filed, I think that since it is my first
contact with Linux I should start with a easy distribution. thank you
again.


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