I disagree with this. The easiest accessibility is found with windows and jaws. The most accessible software like OCR can be found with windows. You are in correct by saying the best access is found with windows and Jaws. The best is still speakup, orca, and Linux. Someone has already said it here but if windows screws up you can just sit and listen to your mp3 player because you sure the heck are not going to fix it on your own without reinstalling the whole thing. I say this from the point of view as a previous manager of an office network of over 12 windows xp machines and a now coder of a device running OE Linux. I never had a problem with the 1 Linux box that I could not fix myself but with all the windows boxes there was always something I couldn't do and that ticks me off. True access would see us even at the bios level and at one time there was talking bios chips and the only way to do that now is by the Intel remote management but what I was starting to say if you want real access you must go Linux. If you want easy access you must go windows. Ken -----Original Message----- From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:48 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Creating an Operating System with speech included Octavian Rasnita wrote: "I said only that the best accessibility is offered by Windows and Jaws..." *snicker* __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind