Researching Linux and Accessibility

Jude DaShiell jdashiel at shellworld.net
Sat Jan 16 20:30:38 UTC 2010


Answer to question 2, it's likely to crash.On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, Roopakshi 
Pathania wrote:

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> Hi all,
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> As the subject says, I?m just researching Linux distributions, so I apologize in advance if I end up using wrong technical jargon.
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> 1.	What is the status of GSpeech? The information about the GSpeech modules on the web is quite old. Is GSpeech a part of GTK programs, or is it installed separately?
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> 2.	This question is distribution specific, but perhaps someone can help me, before I have to write to a separate distribution accessibility list.
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> While compiling a program (say Abiword) from the source, would it be useful if I could disable the support for inaccessible libraries (say QT), or is it likely to crash?
> This is kind of specific to Gentoo distribution.
> Has anyone carried out such an experiment?
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> 3.	Besides Orca, Speakup, and Emacspeak, has any one used LSR, YASR, or any other screen reader that may be available for Linux?
> If so, what has been your experience?
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> I?m still digging around, so more questions later.
> Thanks for any feedback.
>
> Regards
> Roopakshi from India
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> "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure."
> ~ Helen Keller
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