I'm a big fan of Arch Linux. Go to
www.archlinux.org and look around
in the wiki for archlinux for the blind or something like that. Chris
Brannon has developed a talking boot image with speech at the text
console. From there, one can install gnome, gnome-extra to get Orca
going. Sorry, I don't have the exact URL right now but can look this
up later on tomorrow if you're more interested.
On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 07:23:06AM -0700, Stephen wrote:
> Not sure how it will go for install bit gentoo has a massive application
> repo and a solid pox build. And since they build from source its very cross
> arch friendly.
>
> I would also look at the recent Ubuntu as they might have some easy things
> built
> On Oct 22, 2010 11:33 PM, "Technomage Hawke" <technomage.hawke@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > well,
> > I finally got with the program and went imap on my mac. this means I don't
> need to store any messages locally.it also means I can check my mail from
> other locations using my powerbook.
> >
> > speaking of which, I may need some sighted help getting a workable image
> for a talking linux on that machine. Adriane knoppix looks good, except all
> my testing lead to crashes under a VM on the big mac.
> >
> > this could be a problem in virtualbox.
> >
> > also, I think I am going to take my old windows machine, and convert it
> over to linux. I was waiting for Voc Rehab to get off their collective butts
> and do something about getting me some adaptive technology. but it looks
> like its going to take a while. besides adriane knoppix, any other good
> talking linux distress anyone can think of? I keep getting too many useless
> hits in google and its maddeningly slow using speech.
> >
> > -Eric
> >
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