Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Screen Reader 0.3.0

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

My apologies for givving out an incorrect URL for the LSR 0.3.0 rpms.
The correct URL is:

ftp://ftp.rednote.net/fedora/rednote/

The binaries are then in RPMS and the sources in SRPMS.

Again, my apologies for this error and any confusion it may have caused.


Janina Sajka writes:
> We now have rpm packages of LSR 0.3.0 built against Fedora Core 5
> available at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.rednote.net/fedora/speakupmodified
> 
> As you would expect, the binaries are then under RPMS/ and the sources
> under SRPMS/.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> 
> Janina
> 
> 
> Peter Parente writes:
> > ==============
> > * What is it ?
> > ==============
> > 
> > The Linux Screen Reader (LSR) project is an open source effort to
> > develop an extensible assistive technology for the GNOME desktop
> > environment. The goal of the project is to create a reusable
> > development platform for building alternative and supplemental user
> > interfaces in support of people with diverse disabilities.
> > 
> > The primary use of the LSR platform is to give people with visual impairments
> > access to the GNOME desktop and its business applications (e.g. Firefox,
> > OpenOffice, Eclipse) using speech, Braille, and screen magnification. The
> > extensions packaged with the LSR core are intended to meet this end. However,
> > LSR's rich support for extensions can be used for a variety of other purposes
> > such as supporting novel input and output devices, improving accessibility for
> > users with other disabilities, enabling multi-modal access to the GNOME
> > desktop, and so forth.
> > 
> > ==================
> > * What's changed ?
> > ==================
> > 
> > A demonstration of LSR 0.3.0 will be presented at the GNOME Accessibility
> > Summit. A screencast of the demo will be posted on the LSR homepage
> > shortly thereafter. The demo will showcase the latest screen reading
> > features of LSR
> > as well as two prototype interfaces for people with cognitive decline and
> > reading disabilities.
> > 
> > For users
> > 
> > * The new settings dialog allows for configuration of settings defined by a
> >   particular device or script as well as the current user profile. For
> >   instance, a user can change their speech synthesizer without restarting LSR.
> > * Settings are now persistent across sessions. More settings will be added
> >   in future versions.
> > * New keyboard commands are now available such as reading accessible
> >   descriptions, reporting text attributes, routing focus and caret, etc. See
> >   the list of defined commands at
> > * The LSR review keys now function on web pages in Firefox 3.0. The FirefoxPerk
> >   will grow new commands for rich document navigation in future releases.
> > * The Perk chooser dialog allows users to manually load and unload scripts for
> >   the current application. This allows users to dynamically load/unload tool
> >   scripts at runtime, kind of like Emacs modes.
> > * DECtalk is now supported through gnome-speech.
> > * SpeechDispatcher is now supported.
> > * A script to better support accessible login has been added. Instructions for
> >   configuring Fedora Core to start LSR at login are now available in the LSR
> >   FAQ. (http://live.gnome.org/LSR/FrequentlyAskedQuestions)
> > 
> > For developers
> > 
> > * The developer scripting API has grown a tremendous number of new convenience
> >   methods. See the epydoc on the LSR homepage for details.
> > * Three developer monitors now exist in LSR for watching raw accessibility
> >   events from at-spi, execution of LSR scripts, and I/O streams to devices.
> > * User configurable settings may now be defined by LSR scripts. The settings
> >   dialog automatically generates an accessible user interface for changing
> >   their values.
> > * Developers can now add new dialogs and debugging monitors to LSR just as they
> >   can add scripts and input/output devices. They're all just extensions to LSR.
> > * The command line interface for managing extensions is now simpler.
> > * Extensions may now be added by the root user and made available system-wide,
> >   or added by an unprivileged user and available for his/her use only.
> > * The spec is updated to support the building of relocatable RPMs.
> > 
> > Translations
> > 
> > * en_GB(David Lodge)
> > * vi(Clytie Siddall)
> > * zh_CN(Funda Wang)
> > * pt_BR(Raphael Higino)
> > * sv(Daniel Nylander)
> > 
> > For full details, please see the ChangeLog at
> > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/lsr/ChangeLog?rev=1.29.
> > 
> > For an idea of where LSR is headed next, visit
> > http://live.gnome.org/LSR/Timeline
> > 
> > ======================
> > * Where can I get it ?
> > ======================
> > 
> > Source code release and contributed packages:
> > http://live.gnome.org/LSR#downloads
> > 
> > For more information, visit the LSR home page:
> > http://live.gnome.org/LSR
> > _______________________________________________
> > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list
> > gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> 
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> 
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