Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians

[John Heim]

I recently wrote a wiki entry on how to use the accessibility features of 
the latest grml release. You can find it here:
http://wiki.iavit.org/index.php/Accessing_grml

I would also recommend that you check out vinux.  Grml is a live CD designed 
to be used for rescuing computers. Vinux is a ubuntu fork with speech 
enabled by default. They're not really competitors.

PS: The wiki in the URL above is for the International Association of 
Visually Impaired Technologists. If you want to give something back to the 
blind community, consider writing some wiki entries and sharing your 
knowledge.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert cole" <rkcole72984 at gmail.com>
To: "Speakup List" <Speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 3:31 PM
Subject: Speakup enabled Distros for Blind Technicians


> Hello, everyone.
>
> I do a lot of PC repair work for different people (friends, family, etc), 
> and I was wondering if there are any live Linux distributions which are 
> Speakup-enabled that would aid me in this task. The only one that comes to 
> mind right now is ADRIANE Knoppix, but I believe it makes use of Orca.
>
> I don't really need a GUI, although it can be helpful at times, but I am 
> just curious to see if there is anyone else on the list who knows of any 
> distros for this sort of task that could be run from a CD or USB key that 
> have Speakup readily available.
>
> I am still a bit new to screen reading software, but it is sure making my 
> life much easier. What little vision I have seems to get much more easily 
> strained nowadays.
>
> Thanks for any input.
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