Re: Can the Blind use Gnome?

["Thomas Ward" <slingshooter valkyrie net>]

Hi, Bill. I just checked gnome-speech out of cvs.I'm looking over existing
code right now.
A dectalk backend shouldn't be all that hard to write, and I'll look into
it. I'll let you know what I come up with.


----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>
To: Thomas Ward <slingshooter valkyrie net>
Cc: Glenn Ervin <glennervin cableone net>;
<gnome-accessibility-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Can the Blind use Gnome?


> 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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