Re: [orca-list] new introduction

[Bryen <suseROCKS bryen com>]

Oooh!  There's a gnome-accessibility list too?   Gotta get signed up to
that one.

Bryen

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 20:49 +0100, Bram Duvigneau wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I recently subscribed to this list, but didn't introduce myself yet. I'm 
> studying informatics at Han university (the Netherlands) at the moment 
> and I started a webhosting/development company with some friends. I 
> started usign PCs in the Dos time with a braille display and a hardware 
> speech synthesizer. Now I'm using Windows as my primary OS, but I'm 
> working with Linux on a daily basis because all our hosting servers are 
> Linux-based. I played with Gnome from the quite early days where you had 
> to get gnopernicus and figure out how to get everything working. I have 
> a dualboot Win/Linux on my laptop and sometimes I'm just booting into 
> Ubuntu to see if I could do the things I want to do with Linux. Gnome 
> and Orca are not yet there for my daily needs, but they are getting 
> closer and closer. What I really like is to see the progress that people 
> are making by working together on common problems. Fixing bugs in 
> Firefox because the Orca team discovers and post them is much better 
> than a screenreader that works around accessibility glitches in programs 
> without having the possibility to fix the program itself.
> Some people may know me from the gnome-accessibility-list where I posted 
> some messages from time to time.
> 
> Bram
> Willie Walker wrote:
> > Hi Bryen:
> > 
> > As of 3 seconds ago (I just checked), there are 281 members.  The thing 
> >    I really enjoy about this list is the positive and constructive 
> > atmosphere everyone brings.  Thanks everyone!
> > 
> > Will
> > 
> > Bryen wrote:
> >> Welcome to all  :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> On a side note, I'm very curious to know if anyone has come up with any
> >> figures for number of blind Linux users?  It'd be interesting to see
> >> what the numbers are.    How many members are on the orca-list?
> >>
> >> Bryen
> >>
> >> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 20:14 +0200, Negoslav Sabev wrote:
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>> Yesterday I became a member of this list. My name is Negoslav Sabev. I'm a
> >>> computer user since I became fully blind 4 years ago. I'm hoping me and
> >>> Linux will become friends with Orca's help:)). I'm very new to Linux so for
> >>> now I'll just reading your posts and ask from time to time.
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Negoslav
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "Danny Crone" <dannyboy pobox com>
> >>> To: <orca-list gnome org>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 7:30 PM
> >>> Subject: [orca-list] new introduction
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hello everyone.  My name is Danny.  I am back on the Orca list after
> >>>> some time of being away.  So I thought I should introduce myself again.
> >>>> I have been a computer user for many years.  My first exposure was to
> >>>> terminals connected to a main frame.  I worked with someone who told
> >>>> me what wwas on the screen.
> >>>> Then it was md-dos.  I used a screen-reader with a bulky synthesizer,
> >>>> at a college lab.
> >>>> Then I started using windows.  Finally I am using a Macintosh,
> >>>> version 10.4.11, and it is not the best for reading web pages.
> >>>> However I really like the fact I can install the operating system on
> >>>> my own.
> >>>> After I get a used pc, I will give linux a try.
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Orca-list mailing list
> >>>> Orca-list gnome org
> >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> >>>> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Orca-list mailing list
> >>> Orca-list gnome org
> >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> >>> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Orca-list mailing list
> > Orca-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca
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---Bryen---