Re: Can the Blind use Gnome?

[Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>]

Thomas and Glenn:

One think that you could look at is "gnome-speech", which is a
text-to-speech service front-end for GNOME which is used by the
gnopernicus screen reader (and other sample screen readers, etc.).  We
don't have a dectalk backend for it yet but I think a simple dectalk
backend should present no difficulty.  You can get gnome-speech from
GNOME CVS as module "gnome-speech".  At the moment gnome-speech has
support for eloquence and festival, and support for FreeTTS is planned
in the near future.

Perhaps you'd like to help us write the serial dectalk backend?

Best regards,

-Bill

On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 11:43, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hello, Glenn. Well, Gnome access is still under development, and the
> Gnopernicus screen reader and Gnome speech drivers aren't quite complete
> yet.Also no one has yet written a Dectalk driver for Gnome at this point
> although I'd like to certainly try it.
> However, if you want a shell based screen reader that works with bash, and
> popular programs like emacs, lynx, pico, pine, etc try Speakup 1.0. It is
> kernel based and there talking boot disks so you can install your Linux
> system using your Dectalk Express.
> Being blind myself Speakup has braught a new meaning to access when you
> concidder using the Red Hat talking setup disks in which you can partition,
> format, and install Linux from scratch.
> 
> For more information on Speakup and the talking setup disks for Red hat
> goto:
> 
> www.linux-speakup.org
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Glenn Ervin <glennervin cableone net>
> To: <gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 8:39 PM
> Subject: Can the Blind use Gnome?
> 
> 
> > Hello,
> > I use a DECtalk external synthesizer, and I care not for windows, but
> > another OS  is captivating.
> > I do use windows, and DOS, and I have considered using linux.
> >
> > Question:
> > Is there software written for Gnome that works with a DECtalk synth?
> > I have a p4 1.7GB, 256MB RAM, and am currently using windowsME.
> >
> > Thanks for any info.
> >
> >
> > "Live long and prosper",
> > O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny)
> > N0YJV
> > Northeast Nebraska
> > e-mail:
> > glennervin cableone net
> > The above address can also be found on MSM.
> > or my work e-mail:
> > gervin ncbvi state ne us
> >
> >
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