Re: Linux distros with gnome speech reading capabilities included

[Peter Korn <Peter Korn Sun COM>]

Hi Tom,

You wrote:
> You asked about what I use for email under Linux. I am using the balsa  
> email client in which this email was sent to you by.  Balsa is pretty  
> accessible, but there are a few issues with it that need to be mentioned.
> 1. Sometimes after sending an email via smtp balsa and gnopernicus will  
> totally crash. I am not sure why, but I am looking at filing bug report  
> on it soon.

Great, thanks!

> 2. When you attempt to read a message gnopernicus's flat review bug  
> won't allow you to read the message contents. The solution is to go to  
> the mail drop down, select reply, and then read the email contents.

This may be bugzilla bug #138391, which was fixed earlier today.

> here is some other apps I use besides balsa.
>
> 1. I use gedit for doing my programming and editing text documents.  
> Gedit is much like Windows notepad.
> 2. If you have java access bridge installed you can use Openoffice  
> 1.1.1 which Openwriter and Opencalc are somewhat accessible. Actually,  
> I use Opencalc alotand Openwriter  more than MS Excel and Word these  
> days, but there are accessibility issues that need to be solved. 

Have you filed bugs on these issues?


Regards,

Peter Korn
Sun Accessibility teams