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

[Shaun Everiss]

I wouldn't warry about soleris.
Unless sun has decided to use it on all pcs and not its sparks.
Thats right sunos will only run on sunsparks.
So unless you want a spark its useless.
At 12:50 a.m. 26/02/2005, you wrote:
>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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