University Radio Software

[Eric Oyen]

well,
unless you have a tactile template for that touchscreen (or some verbal feedback of what is under your finger when you contact the screen) you are out of luck.

as for speech packages for linux, they are free. there is orca (which is designed to work under gnome). in fact, there several distributions designed for the blind in mind.

command line interfaces are probably the easiest to work in for the blind (I should know, I am and I do). 
A google search will turn up a large number of hits for the search term "linux for the blind". I hate to have to point you there, but as I have learned, google is your friend. 

as for supporting a doubletalk LT Synthesizer? I think there may be support for most of the older speech and braille hardware even in most modern distributions. I haven't run across that specific unit in almost a decade. these days, speech synthesis can be done with an ordinary dsp sound card. 

I would check here first: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screen_readers

-Eric

On Oct 3, 2010, at 1:36 AM, Samuel Wilkins wrote:

> Hello there, I will be helping on my university’s radio station. However, their music
> broadcasting software only works in Linux. Could you please tell me what screen readers
> for Linux are available, how much they cost, and whether they would support a doubletalk
> LT synthesizer. I have spoken to the station manager and he thinks that the software
> could be run through the command line interface, as I believe that is the only way
> to use Linux, as they do not use the Gnome interface. Could you please tell me if
> this is true. The software they developed is a bespoke piece of software developed by the university, and they are happy to make any modifications. Finally, I am hoping to allow people to phone into the show I will
> be presenting. However, the station manager has told me that the system they will
> be receiving is touch screen. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could
> do and if there are any systems that I could use? I am asking these questions because
> the station manager wants me to tell him exactly what I am going to need. So, I’m
> going to send him a preliminary list of what is required, so he can discuss with
> the student union what they can do. Thank you in advance.
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Eric Oyen - N7ZZT
Phoenix Arizona
Geocode:
33.488462  -112.234926
N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956'