Re: Gnome and support for the visually impaired

[Thomas Ward <tward1978 earthlink net>]

hI,
i CAN'T SPEAK FOR BRAILLE SUPPORT, BUT i CAN SSPEAK FOR SPEECH. i HAVE
USED GNGNOPERNICUS FOR MONTHS USING FESTIVAL AS MY SOFTWARE TTS TO GO ON
LINE USING mOZILLA aPRIL 20005 TO BUY AND SELL ON THE LINE, PAY BILLS,
USE EVOLUTION FOR EMAIL, WORK WITH oPENWRITER, AND GEDIT. i USE GAIM FOR
aol INSTANT MESSENGING, AND A FEW OTHER ODDS AND ENDS.
nO MY ACCESS DIDN'T COME RIGHT OF THE BOX. i HAD TO COCOMPILE THINGS
FROM RAW SOURCE ETC, BUT ONCE SRUNG TOGETHER i AM QUITE EFFECTIVE IN
GNOME FOR WORKING. 
hERE IS AN INTERESTING THING TO CHEW ON. iN jUNE MY wINDOWS xp SYSTEM
GOT WHIPED OUT BY A VIRUS.
i WAS STUCK IN GNOME FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK. yOU KNOW WHAT?
i WASN'T EFFECTED MUCH AS i HAD MOZILLA FOR WEB, EVOLUTION FOR MAIL,
GEDIT FOR PROGRAMMING, ooPoPENWRITER, ETC.
i WON'T CLAME ACCESS TWAS PERFECT OR AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD BE, BUT IT IS
POSSIBLE TO USE.

On Fri, 2005-09-30 at 10:40 +0200, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Congratulations ! You did it !
> And it's nearly as well written as what you would produce with eyes
> opened, I guess.
> 
> My guess is that Gnopernicus' support for speech is much, much better
> than what it is for braille, cause I could certainly not do what you did
> in braille, I think.
> 
> My personal conclusion is that, indeed, it seems thas a11y of graphical
> applications is in progress. But still: I don't believe it is as good as
> a11yof text mode apps, for the moment.
> That said, and as other underlined already, open source is a wonderful
> opportunity to produce a fully accessible system, and we _must_ take
> advantage of such an opportunity.
> 
> By the yay, Bill: since you seem verygood at doing things blindly with
> your computer, I might suggest you other challenges in the future (like
> ordering products on the web). If you are kind enough to accept them,
> your success will be a wonderfully strong motivation for me to try
> Gnopernicus myself.
> 
> Cheers, and congratulations again,
> Sébastien.
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