Re: accessible distros

2006-07-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi. Jason White wrote: As long as the access software you need has been packaged for your chosen distribution, it doesn't matter much which you select from the point of view of accessibility. That is true, but right now it seams Fedora Core 5 and Ubuntu 6.06 are on the leading edge of accesssi

Re: accessible distros

2006-07-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Cody. Well, I'm quite happy with Ubuntu 6.06 at the moment. It's desktop cd comes with most of the apps you want out of the box such as gaim, evolution, firefox, gedit, etc. It is fairly accessible, and I have been using it for a couple of days now, and I can't complain to much about Ubunt

Re: accessible distros

2006-07-05 Thread Jason White
On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 01:58:29PM -0700, Cody wrote: > Another post in one day. I've been a distro hopper for a while, and can't > find the right distribution. I was just wondering what the most accessible > distributions were. I would mainly do things like instant message, web > browsin

accessible distros

2006-07-05 Thread Cody
Hi all,     Another post in one day. I've been a distro hopper for a while, and can't find the right distribution. I was just wondering what the most accessible distributions were. I would mainly do things like instant message, web browsing, document editing, and maybe some programming. I wa

apology

2006-07-05 Thread MICHAEL WEAVER
Sorry for the duplicate message. I only found out a couple of minutes ago that postings had been sent to this list after checking my Spam folder that BTinternet sets up. My question about the Orca setup file may appear a few times as it has in my Spam folder. Don't know why my own email address w

configuring Orca

2006-07-05 Thread MICHAEL WEAVER
Does configuring Orca for the first time require Sighted Assistance when running the setup? If not, How do I run the setup? Do I Alt F2 after login and type orca --setup? ___ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http:/

configuring orca

2006-07-05 Thread MICHAEL WEAVER
Do I need Sighted Assistance for configuring Orca? I ask because I have it on the laptop after it was downloaded from Universe only because the chap who helped me at the Huddersfield Linux Group was updating the system and forgot that you could add the command for upgrading from a CD ROM which m

Re: setting up orca

2006-07-05 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
MICHAEL WEAVER wrote: > I am trying to run Ubuntu. > Because I am a member of a couple of Linux User Groups in my area and > new to Linux, > I am having to use a laptop as it helps me get support for any problems > I may have. > However, I had vaguely run Gnopernicus until I upgraded from the B

setting up orca

2006-07-05 Thread MICHAEL WEAVER
I am trying to run Ubuntu. Because I am a member of a couple of Linux User Groups in my area and new to Linux, I am having to use a laptop as it helps me get support for any problems I may have. However, I had vaguely run Gnopernicus until I upgraded from the Beta of Dapper to actual release a

Re: question about odd distro

2006-07-05 Thread Rich Burridge
Hi Cody, > I was wondering, after a bit of googling, I found this distro called Ocularis, > ... It looks like Ocularis is dead. Their SourceForge webpage l ( http://ocularis.sourceforge.net/) leads nowhere. In situations like this, I always use the Wayback Machine ( http://www.archive.org

Re: followup on Ubuntu (fwd)

2006-07-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi. Jan and Bertil Smark Nilsson wrote: For someone just starting out, I'd say that a live distribution such as GRML or Knoppix would be the simplest way to find out about Linux. Agreed. That would be the best way for a total new user to try out Linux, and that is a good point. Although, that

Re: auto unattended installation of Ubunto?

2006-07-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Hank. hank smith wrote: > hello is it possible to do a auto unattended installation of Ubunto? Yes, it is. it is a bit of a pain to do it, but you need to write a unattend.cfg file, put it somewhere the installer can find it, and then pass the file name and other options to the installer a

Re: Dectalk 5 test results.

2006-07-05 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Hank. A little earlier Al posted a direct link to buy the Dectalk software, and I just tested this address and you can get dectalk 4.6.4 or 5.0 using this link. Here is again incase you missed it. http://www.fonixspeech.com/pages/dectalk_rt_purchase.php Cheers. _

Re: Dectalk 5 test results.

2006-07-05 Thread Peter Rayner
Adam Myrow writes: >There is also a very annoying bug in the Dectalk 5.0. If you use any of >several compound words that start with "fire," it pronounces them weirdly >with a phantom Euro symbol getting inserted, then proceeds to butcher the >rest of the line. Anybody else hear this? Examples