Actually both orca linux and Solaris are about the same. I would put them around Jaws 3.3 access right now. I run Ubuntu because it's the easiest to get working on my laptop. I also run Redhat 9 on my server and have no troubles with it if you don't mind hacking a bit. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 6:50 AM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included That's good news. Does OpenSolaris and Orca offer a better accessibility than Windows with Jaws? Or at least does it offer a better accessibility than Ubuntu with Orca? Thanks. Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:47 PM Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included > yes, solaris is a unix platform and it suports orca. > at least for x86 cpu family > i've worked with solaris 10, > i've downloaded it from sun site for free. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included > > >> Sorry, but I think you don't know what you are talking about. >> >> First, I didn't say that Jaws is a Microsoft program. I said only that >> the best accessibility is offered by Windows and Jaws and not by Orca and >> Linux, but not even the comparison between these 2 is important, but the >> fact that it is very hard to create another OS with another screen reader >> built in. >> >> Second, I know that Orca works with Linux, but Sun doesn't pretend that >> they've created the most advanced Linux OS, but that they've created >> Solaris, the most advanced OS. >> However, Solaris is not accessible for the blind, or it is accessible but >> only by using emacspeak, which has a very ugly interface and offers a >> poor accessibility anyway, and I haven't tested Solaris so I don't really >> know if it really supports emacspeak or it is just a future plan for Sun. >> >> By the way, have anyone tried Solaris? >> >> Octavian >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 11:39 AM >> Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included >> >> >>> don't forget that jaws is not a microsoft software and, taking software >>> only from the two grand companies, sun is better than microsoft. >>> Because, with orca you can do more than with narator from windows. >>> So Sun has right assuming it as the best company offering an advanced os >>> with speak. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 10:08 AM >>> Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included >>> >>> >>>> Windows is an operating system with speech included. Do you want to >>>> create a >>>> better OS than Windows and a better screen reader than Narrator? >>>> I guess you want to create a better one, because otherwise... why >>>> bother? >>>> >>>> In order to do that, you should create a company, employ a few >>>> thousands of >>>> good programmers and after very many years you might do it. >>>> Sun Microsystems has tens of thousands of programmers and they pretend >>>> that >>>> they have created the most advanced operating system in the world, and >>>> they >>>> have also made one of the most used screen readers for Linux, but the >>>> accessibility offered by their solutions is much lower than the one >>>> offered >>>> by Windows and screen readers like Jaws, and Sun work on their OS for >>>> very >>>> many years, so... it could be very hard to do what you want. >>>> >>>> Octavian >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Jose Lomeli" <jose.lomeli93@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:05 AM >>>> Subject: Creating an Operating System with speech included >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hello; Listers, I just thought. What do I have to do to create a >>>>> operating system with speech. I just thought about this. Can this be >>>>> done? 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