Re: [orca-list] linux as a primary system

[Daniel Dalton <d dalton iinet net au>]

What about using a browser like lynx with speakup?
And doing everything else in gnome? Or most other things in gnome?
I know a guy that just uses a cli and hasn't got a gui or used windows for 
ages.


On Wed, 19 Dec 2007, Darragh Ó Héiligh wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Sorry. I should probably explain my self better.  I think my point yesterday
> didn't come across as I'd intended.
>
> Yes.  Linux and specifically Gnome and the Orca screen reader will empower
> you to usemost distributions of your choice independantly, productively and
> yes. even easily.
> With Evolution, OpenOffice, pidgin and lodes of other applications,
> including Firefox you will enjoy the same access as in Windows.
>
> The point I tried but so baddly made yesterday was that unfortunately at the
> moment, if you depend on a lot of web browsing, in my opinion, Windows is
> really your best option.
> like others have said here. I use Windows less and less with each new
> enhancement to Orca and Firefox but unfortunately at the moment, there is
> just no way I can use linux as my only system because Orca and Firefox just
> cant handle websites as efficiently as Windows and the associated screen
> readers.
>
> I'm lucky though. I've enough resources available at work to let me use
> Ubuntu as my primary system. OpenSuSE for work related testing and windows
> xp with the pesky jaws for researching and logging.  Mainly because the
> logging application is very complicated as it has a lot of clicable areas
> and drop down menus.
>
> Darragh

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