On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 04:50:21AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> Forgive me for not ansering sooner...
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>
> Here is a not-so-current background piece:
>
> http://www.hhs48.com/why_linux.html
>
> You can also get more current info at www.linux-speakup.org
>
> Many distributions now come with "speakup-modified" kernels permitting
> "eyes free" installation and operation. There are other access solutions
> besides speakup, but those require that you have a running system before
> starting the speech access solution. Speakup is a set of kernel patches
> that allows the console to talk from startup to shutdown. Once a system
> is running you can switch it to using software speech, but a hardware
> synthesizer is required normally. Speakup does not support GUI access,
> although both the gnome folks and the KDE folks are working on access
> solutions (very slowly). Speakup was developed by blind folks mostly, so
> the developers have a stake in its performance.
>
> I have only used Slackware and Debian myself, and there is nothing in
> either distro that bears on the effectiveness of speakup. It works great
> in both. I prefer Debian for reasons unrelated to access. (as presumably
> you do, too <smile>)
>
> Chuck
Hi Chuck,
thanks for the replay. I will check out the link!
I guess it is obvious why we choose Debian: the cool red swirl logo! Well, at
least I did! <wink>
cheers,
Kev
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