On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:30:30PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:36AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
> > and one more thought. Could it be possible to write a video driver
> > that is essentially a dummy? A blind user does need X to actually draw
> > on the
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:36AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> and one more thought. Could it be possible to write a video driver
> that is essentially a dummy? A blind user does need X to actually draw
> on the screen (unless they're working with a sighted assistant). It
> only needs X
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:48:36AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> Is there a "standard" sound interface? sort of like there is the vesa
> driver in video that works with (essentiall) *every* video card?
The Sound Blaster 16 used to be the standard.
> and one more thought. Could it be
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:39:40PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > On 14-Apr-08, at 9:58 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > >> Perhaps debian should have an accessible install CD in addition to all
> > >> the different DTE i
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On 14-Apr-08, at 9:58 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> >> Perhaps debian should have an accessible install CD in addition to all
> >> the different DTE install CDs. E.g. one where sound works on most
> >> boxes
> >> and come
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 02:04:39PM -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
> On 14-Apr-08, at 9:58 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>> Perhaps debian should have an accessible install CD in addition to all
>> the different DTE install CDs. E.g. one where sound works on most
>> boxes
>> and comes up with voice prom
On 14-Apr-08, at 9:58 AM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
Perhaps debian should have an accessible install CD in addition to all
the different DTE install CDs. E.g. one where sound works on most
boxes
and comes up with voice prompts automatically. Ideally, it would be a
whole new installer with ques
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 07:55:47PM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote:
> On 14/04/2008, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > grml has xwindows components too provided you can figure out how to get them
> > installed and talking. Since I have grml on a laptop and myself am totally
> > blind that's th
On 14/04/2008, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> grml has xwindows components too provided you can figure out how to get them
> installed and talking. Since I have grml on a laptop and myself am totally
> blind that's the next project I have in mind. The orca package may or may
> not be
grml has xwindows components too provided you can figure out how to get
them installed and talking. Since I have grml on a laptop and myself am
totally blind that's the next project I have in mind. The orca package
may or may not be in the grml archives, I'll have to check or perhaps
gnoperni
On 03/30/2008 12:29 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 10:06:28PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
[...] As root, do "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and select the lower
screen resolutions.
Do you want to reduce the resolution? I would have thought the the
higher the resolution, the s
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 10:06:28PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
> >On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 09:11:13PM +, Suzy Hesketh wrote:
> >>I am registered blind but I do have some limited sight. I have
> >>never used Debian but I have looked at Dream. My IRC administrator
> >>uses Debian and so does my frie
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 09:40:06AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote:
> Kevin Mark wrote:
> > Hi Suzy,
> > I am forwarding your request to the Debian-user mailing list, as that
> > would be a better place to ask. The Debian-project list is for questions
> > about the Debian project and not for help with us
Kevin Mark wrote:
> Hi Suzy,
> I am forwarding your request to the Debian-user mailing list, as that
> would be a better place to ask. The Debian-project list is for questions
> about the Debian project and not for help with using Debian.
A link to [EMAIL PROTECTED] could also be a good
idea, sinc
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 09:11:13PM +, Suzy Hesketh wrote:
Hi
I am registered blind but I do have some limited sight.
I have never used Debian but I have looked at Dream.
My IRC administrator uses Debian and so does my friend who runs the UK server
and he has asked me to be an Operator on
Hi Suzy,
I am forwarding your request to the Debian-user mailing list, as that
would be a better place to ask. The Debian-project list is for questions
about the Debian project and not for help with using Debian.
Cheers,
Kev
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 09:11:13PM +, Suzy Hesketh wrote:
> Hi
>
> I
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