open source accessibility software oppinion enquirey

[Foster,Joanna]

Thanks Kenny

That's really helpful

Jo

REALISE Community Project Officer
REALISE IT Network
4th Floor, Blue Star House
234 Stockwell Road
London SW9 9SP
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Fax: 020 7926 6201


		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Kenny Hitt [mailto:kenny at hittsjunk.net]
		Sent:	27 May 2004 10:20
		To:	Linux for blind general discussion
		Subject:	Re: open source accessibility software
oppinion enquirey

		Oopse!  That should be 2000 instead of 200.

		          Kenny

		On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 04:17:17AM -0500, Kenny Hitt wrote:
		> Hi.  I've been using Linux exclusively since Oct 200.  I
use speakup as
		> my main screen reader.
		> 
		> http://www.linux-speakup.org
		> 
		> I have no problem using any console app.  Until recently,
speakup
		> required a hardware synth.  The latest speakup has support
for software
		> synths, but it still has some problems with software
speech.
		> Two other possibilities for console access are yasr or
emacspeak.
		> 
		> http://yasr.sf.net
		> 
		> I don't remember the link for emacspeak.  Yasr is a screen
reader like
		> speakup while emacspeak is an accessible desktop running
under emacs.
		> Unfortunately, access to the GUI in Linux doesn't really
exist yet.  The
		> project getting the most publicity is the Gnome
accessibility project.
		> A program called gnopernicus is the screen reader for
Gnome.
		> I've tried to use Gnopernicus for the last year to get
access to Gnome.
		> Unfortunately, the developers of Gnopernicus seem to have
much better
		> success than I've managed.  
		> 
		> The problem with using only console apps is the lack of a
good browser
		> for the text console.  Some day Mozilla will be usable
from Gnome.  For
		> now, the only way I have found to get any use from Mozilla
is to use
		> Freedom box.
		> 
		> http://freedombox.info
		> 
		> It is a subscription service, and the source for their
software isn't
		> open source.  However, it works.  They are still adding
features, but
		> you can actually use it to browse the web.  They say they
will make the
		> browser freely available, but I've found I need to have an
account with
		> them so I can mail links I want to look at to my
freedombox.com address.
		> 
		> Hope this helps.
		>           Kenny
		> 	  
		> 
		> On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 09:55:35AM +0100, Foster,Joanna
wrote:
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		> > Dear All
		> > 
		> > I'm working on a local community project in conjunction
with a specialist IT
		> > and Internet training charity U CAN DO I.T, who provide
low cost training to
		> > individuals with visual impairments, hard of hearing or
who are physically
		> > disabled. Our role here at REALISE I.T is to provide
refurbished PC's free
		> > of charge to these individuals within our project area
(four London
		> > borough's)
		> > 
		> > U CAN DO I.T trainers currently work with JAWS; Hal;
Windows Eyes and Super
		> > Nova. I'm investigating Open Source software as an
alternative to Microsoft
		> > to lower the software costs to these individuals. As far
as I know the above
		> > software is not compatible with Linux. 
		> > 
		> > I was hoping that someone might be able to give me their
opinions of open
		> > source alternatives - preferably compatible with Linux?
		> > What is out there and how do you rate it? 
		> > 
		> > It would be really helpful to get any advice. I look
forward to hearing all
		> > your opinions shortly
		> >  
		> > Kind regards
		> > 
		> > Jo Foster
		> > 
		> > REALISE Community Project Officer
		> > REALISE IT Network
		> > 4th Floor, Blue Star House
		> > 234 Stockwell Road
		> > London SW9 9SP
		> > Tel: 020 7926 6232
		> > Fax: 020 7926 6201
		> > 
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