Ran across something that might be of interest to our visually impaired members

[Stephen]

I know mint has chromium in its repository. Not sure about other distros.
On Feb 29, 2012 1:14 AM, "Technomage Hawke" <technomage.hawke at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have tried it for OS X. it conflicts with the built-in screenreader. so,
> I either run one or the other. This is not the only problem. ChromeVox is
> still BetaWare and tends to crash more often than it should. I don't run
>  windows here, so I can't comment on the windows version. I will need to
> look at their repository and see if there is a linux version. If so, then I
> need to see if it will work with ORCA or any of the other Linux
> Screenreaders. since almost all Linux screenreaders now come with
> speech-dispatcher support, it should conceivably work within that standard.
> if not, there might be a real problem using it under linux (specifically
> VINUX). I will check with the VINUX development list and see what is up.
>
> Personally, google should have simply made their browser accessible under
> the current standards, instead of inventing their own tool to fake the same
> thing.
>
> -eric
>
> On Feb 28, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Stephen wrote:
>
> > http://www.chromevox.com/
> >
> > "ChromeVox is a screen reader for Chrome which brings the speed,
> > versatility, and security of Chrome to visually impaired users. Of
> > course since ChromeVox is built by Google, it's optimized for the web.
> > It supports the latest web standards and excels at accessing the most
> > modern interactive websites."
> >
> > i have no idea how useful it is...
> >
> > --
> > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
> >
> > Stephen
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