Re: [orca-list] Introduction and questions

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Personally, I find Thunderbird 3 works great with Orca if you don't 
require it to be a text-based email client. If you are going to be 
dealing with text-based email clients for your friend though, best 
advice I can give you is to install speakup on the text console. Since 
that might be too complex, I'd recommend sticking with GUI programs when 
possible so as to only require the use of one screen reader and not have 
your friend switch between text and graphic mode.
Just my $.02

On 01/30/2010 02:28 PM, jerome schatten wrote:
> Greetings to the Orca list.
>
>
> In my quest to bring email and the internet to my blind from birth
> friend of 40 years, I have been working on a system that uses Ubuntu 9.1
> and Orca. So far, the results with Firefox and Orca work reasonably
> well, and I think my pal will be able to handle that OK. My man lives
> alone and most of the time has little sighted help.
>
>
> For email, I've tried Alpine and am just in the process of getting Mutt
> working. Alpine seems problematical in that there are so many screens,
> and not everything makes Orca speak. It seems far more complex than I
> had anticipated from a navigational point of view.
>
>
> I am fully sighted, and have been testing things by memorizing the key
> bindings and then closing my eyes and trying to accomplish the various
> tasks involved. Not easy!
>
>
> Now I am at a crossroads: Should I keep plugging away at Alpine or is
> there a better solution?   I thought the Mutt user interface presets a
> less complex user experience, but it doesn't seem to speak the links in
> the menus. Am I wrong in confining myself to text based email clients?
> Are there other sensible options?
>
>
> So what are folks using for email clients -- I need to focus my energies
> onto something that will work reasonably well instead of experimenting
> continually with new programmes.
>
>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Jerome
>
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