[access-uk] Re: linux for the blind
- From: "James & Nash" <james.austin1984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:05:27 +0000
Hi ari,
I have not used Vinux myself, although I think there is a command line version
and a graphical one. I have used Ubuntu though and Orca comes pre-installed
with that. You can get it from:
www.ubuntu.com
You are right, the E-Speak voice is really rubish, but the updaide is that they
can support about 50 foreign languages out of the box. You can also purchase
the Voxin voices and if you Google them you'll find them. They are only 5 Euros
and they sound very much like Eliquence.
Hope this helps
TC
James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny
On 28 Jan 2010, at 14:10, ari wrote:
> Hi all
> Is it worth trying to use Vinux? What can a person do with it, like can you
> use the Office and browse yet? I remember a few years ago I was excited about
> trying linux, and someone helped me partition my harddrive and install Red
> Hat with a screen reader called Gnopernicus, and then after that another one
> called Orca, but, first the voices were really rubbish, and second you
> couldn't hardly do anything. It was so pathetic that we couldn't even get
> Gnopernicus to read it's own manual in the web browser. I just gave up on
> linux after that, but am curious to look at it again.
> Thanks
> Ari
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