Solaris 10 released, with accessibility built-in! Also FreeTTS 1.2 released. (fwd)

[Janina Sajka]

I wonder if the new, "open," license of Solaris will now allow us to put
Speakup and/or Brltty into the Solaris kernel? That would certainly lead
the way to an accessible installation for blind users. As you point out,
Michael, that's a critical componant for community acceptance.

Michael Malver writes:
> One of the things I like about speakup is the ability to install the os
> myself.  I am totally blind, and own a dectalk.  I know nothing of Solaris,
> but would be greatly indebted to anyone who could do a realistic evaluation
> of how "accessible" this is.  The press release looks great, but most people
> I know who have used Linux say the x-windows access with screen reading
> isn't ready for common use.  Has sun created something in terms of screen
> reading beyond what is available in Linux??
> I'd love to install the os, but want a person who doesn't work for sun to
> evaluate the usefulness of the accessibility features from the perspective
> of a totally blind person.
> Michael
> p.s. I truly hope it doesn't appear I'm flaming the wonderful work on access
> sun is doing. I'm simply concerned as to how usable this is before I invest
> limited time.
> 
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