University Radio Software

[Jude DaShiell]

Has anyone tried gokr with orca running on gnome yet?  If that provides an 
iphone-like interface and that's what's being used there may be some 
possibilities available.  If gokr was modified, then the question is how 
well do those modifications play with orca.On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Samuel 
Wilkins wrote:

> Hello Erick, I'll talk to the station manager about this. Thank you for your
> help.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com]
> On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
> Sent: 03 October 2010 18:27
> To: Linux for blind general discussion
> Subject: Re: University Radio Software
>
> there probably are, but anything involving a touchscreen is going to be
> rather difficult for a blind person to use, unless the software is setup
> similar to what voiceover does in OS X on touchscreen devices (gives audio
> feedback of what is highlighted and then use of gestures to complete the
> action).
>
> I don't see anything like that for linux yet. my experience with
> touchscreens comes from the local grocery (they went ALL touchscreen about a
> year ago and I find myself unable to use them at all.). their system is
> windows based, has no audio feedback of a tactile action, etc. not usable at
> all.
> now, since the software appears to have a command line ability, there may be
> a way to issue commands to answer specific calls, place them on hold, etc. I
> am not that familiar with your software package to even guess at its
> capabilities.
>
> -Eric
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Samuel Wilkins wrote:
>
>> Hello Erick, I thought there were phone in systems that would work with
> the
>> Linux command line interface and were computer controlled.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com]
>> On Behalf Of Eric Oyen
>> Sent: 03 October 2010 09:58
>> To: Linux for blind general discussion
>> Subject: Re: University Radio Software
>>
>> well,
>> unless you have a tactile template for that touchscreen (or some verbal
>> feedback of what is under your finger when you contact the screen) you are
>> out of luck.
>>
>> as for speech packages for linux, they are free. there is orca (which is
>> designed to work under gnome). in fact, there several distributions
> designed
>> for the blind in mind.
>>
>> command line interfaces are probably the easiest to work in for the blind
> (I
>> should know, I am and I do).
>> A google search will turn up a large number of hits for the search term
>> "linux for the blind". I hate to have to point you there, but as I have
>> learned, google is your friend.
>>
>> as for supporting a doubletalk LT Synthesizer? I think there may be
> support
>> for most of the older speech and braille hardware even in most modern
>> distributions. I haven't run across that specific unit in almost a decade.
>> these days, speech synthesis can be done with an ordinary dsp sound card.
>>
>> I would check here first:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>> On Oct 3, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Samuel Wilkins wrote:
>>
>>> Hello there, I will be helping on my university?s radio station. However,
>> their music
>>> broadcasting software only works in Linux. Could you please tell me what
>> screen readers
>>> for Linux are available, how much they cost, and whether they would
>> support a doubletalk
>>> LT synthesizer. I have spoken to the station manager and he thinks that
>> the software
>>> could be run through the command line interface, as I believe that is the
>> only way
>>> to use Linux, as they do not use the Gnome interface. Could you please
>> tell me if
>>> this is true. The software they developed is a bespoke piece of software
>> developed by the university, and they are happy to make any modifications.
>> Finally, I am hoping to allow people to phone into the show I will
>>> be presenting. However, the station manager has told me that the system
>> they will
>>> be receiving is touch screen. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what
>> I could
>>> do and if there are any systems that I could use? I am asking these
>> questions because
>>> the station manager wants me to tell him exactly what I am going to need.
>> So, I?m
>>> going to send him a preliminary list of what is required, so he can
>> discuss with
>>> the student union what they can do. Thank you in advance.
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