RE: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 02:48:37 +0100
Hi, is there anyway to use Eloquence or Eloquence-like synthesizers with
Linux? I'd like to try Linux one day, particularly Ubuntu, since it uses a
GUI similar to Windows, and that's the environment I'm used to. I did try
Oralux a couple or so years ago, and, although I liked it, it was
command-based and therefore couldn't really understand how to use the
environment. Thanks in advance.
Why not join my Blind Hobbyist group? To join, send a blank message to
blind-hobbyist-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I look forward to seeing you
there! Thanks, Chris
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Murphy
Sent: Friday May 02 2008 5:20AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Which Linux + screen reader to choose?
All,
I know this thread is some what old, but I felt it is necessary for me to
put up my experiences with Linux.
I have been using Linux in a professional and home situation for the last 5
years. ubuntu is dedicated to making their distro with accessibility as a
standard feature.
Orca is an okay environment. If you use firefox 3, then yu can surf the
web. The shell environment (Xterm) works quite well. Support in other
areas is still lacking. I haven't yet found a good Xwindow email client.
Open Office is not yet at the same level as Word and Jaws. Hopefully they
shall get there one day.
Linux has a lot of free synths available which work quite well. Brltty is
the braille output program.
I personally like to use Speakup because it permits me to do everything I
require under Linux. YASR is crap and is very difficult to use. Both of
these appplications work in the native console environment. ubuntu used to
come with Speakup as part of the distro. I do not know if you can still get
Edgy which had it in it.
Note: Speakup was a part of ubuntu. But the Linux Kernel developers pulled
the plug due to stability issues. I do not know if Speakup is still being
maintained.
Emacspeak is still the best editor under Linux for a VI. This is basically
a screen reader of its own.
Debian, ubuntu and like Distros have a far easier management tool than does
Redhat. Aptitude is the tool which you use to grab your packages. apt-get,
apt-cache and other tools are not as powerful as Aptitude. Such as:
To summorise, Orca is the only good Screen Reader for XWindows and Speakup I
believe is the best Console Screen Reader. Emacspeak is the best text based
desktop environment under linux.
Sean
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