Re: [orca-list] Audio review of accessibility in Linux.

["Darragh" <lists digitaldarragh com>]

Hello Kenny,

Thanks for your feedback.

I'll take all of this under consideration.  I haven't really decided if I'm
going to re-record the review again.  I might consintrate on different
components and focus on them in more depth.  My main aim during this review
was to give a very brief overview of the versatility and power of Linux with
Orca.  

Focusing on differing distributions and synthesizers wouldn't really have
had the same affect.  

It's certainly something that I'll keep in mind though.  Who knows, it could
actually end up that I'll record this again with more information about the
differing options available out there but I'd like to get more feedback on
this, the first review of it's kind I've done.

Thanks 



Darragh

-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
Behalf Of Kenny Hitt
Sent: 18 August 2007 13:58
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Audio review of accessibility in Linux.

Hi.
I just finished listening to your file.  I have a few comments.

In the interest of fairness, yu might want to mention viavoice is also
available from

http://voxin.oralux.net

Also, you might consider mentioning espeak.  It's very responsive and free.

I notice you have several kde and native X apps installed.  Unfortunately,
these aren't accessible.
You also seem to be missing some native gnome apps that do similar functions
that are accessible.
If you have the time, you might want to remove all the kde stuff and install
a complete gnome.
Debian based distros like Ubuntu have a meta package that pulls in all the
gnome components.  Hopefully, Fedora has something
similar.

Even though it might be confusing to newbies, you might want to talk about
Linux distributions.  I mention this because distros make some
customizations to there Gnome.
Fore example, Ubuntu moves everything off the desktop.  Main stream Debian
doesn't.  
Your menu structure is a little different from  the one on my Debian system.
I don't think you need to go into detail, just 
point out to users that there are differences.  The best thing about Linux
is you have choices.

          Kenny

On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 01:22:44AM +0100, Darragh wrote:
> Hello all, 
>
> It's wet and horrible here tonight so I'm really noth bothered about
> going out so instead, I've done an audio review of Orca running on Gnome
> with the TTSynth synthesizer, Evolution, Firefox and open office.  
>
> This aims to illustrate that a lot of the tasks now done in Windows by
> jaws and windows users can now be done in Linux with the same type of
> interfaces.  
>
> I've tried to keep it as generic as possible by limiting the amount of
> technical information provided so I'm hoping I've given enough to get
> people interested. 
>
> The file is about 35 megs and is available from:
> www.digitaldarragh.com/linux-and-orca-review.mp3
>
> Please send your feedback. 
>
> Darragh
>
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