I got my computer back with my discovery of Jaws and Window Eyes in
2000. They were only demo’s but it got me back up to speed enough to
get through the computer training course at the Hines VA Blind
Rehabilitation Center in 2001. I came home from Hines with a new Dell
Dimension 4100 with Magic screen magnification on it. This and a lot of
road kill allowed me to learn computer repair on my own. I have reached
the point I am comfortable building my own from the ground up.
I’ve had a peek at Linux through my hand held magnifier and a Knoppix
3.3 Live Cd. The Knoppix 3.4 “Speakup” Iso I downloaded would go into a
kernel panic and crash before reaching the desktop which left me with
the feeling I was trapped in Windows by my impairment. Looking for an
alternate OS for my newest build, I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 7.1.
The alternate version included Kmag, which I found difficult to use.
Since then I’ve come across Linux Mint which includes Orca. I enabled
Orca for the install and had issues with the default “Split” view. I was
able to get through the first few screens by pressing Enter when I
couldn’t reach the button on the screen, but got hopelessly tied up at
the Time settings and had to shut down to get out. Is Split view the
only option for magnification? I also tried to enable speech. Are the
magnification and speech intended to be used together?
I’m not a programmer, and wouldn’t be much help on that end of
development, but I am able to install my own programs and would be glad
to test, make bug reports, and give my own personal views and
suggestions, if that wil be helpful I will be glad to try to make a
contribution to your project.
Jeff Malewski
jmlwsk toast net
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