Re: [orca-list] Has anyone heard of this alternative?

["ashley" <ash cox talktalk net>]

Hi,
I have tried sue on the downloadable live cd. It works ok; it's not as 
functional as some screen readers, but i didn't spend as much time testing 
it as I wanted to.
ash
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples aim com>
To: "Orca-list" <Orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:43 AM
Subject: [orca-list] Has anyone heard of this alternative?


> Hello,
> I have just stumbled over this while trying to find contact details for
> someone who I slightly unexpectedly found would be giving a workshop in
> the same slot as I will be giving a workshop. OK, the thing of interest
> is another screen reader for Linux, a quick look at the page indicates
> its based on LSR, have a look for yourselves at http://sue.sf.net.
>
> It raises some interesting points. Firstly its had funding from some
> part of the German government (I think). With the lack of support for
> full time developers for orca (I think we all know what I am getting at
> but I don't want us to get too much into what has been done), and having
> seen some of the comments in response to some of the blog postings,
> could we learn from SUE, could and should governments/organisations who
> are meant to help the blind do more?
>
> The other thing is, as resources in this area seem limited, while choice
> might be nice (one great solution is better than lots of incomplete
> projects), should we try and combine the efforts of these various groups?
>
> A different note again, has anyone tried SUE, how well does it work? I
> remember LSR, while possibly powerful, I felt possibly less well focused
> on the user experience as it seemed very general (I think I heard stuff
> saying it might be possible to use LSR as more than a screen reader, eg.
> to give people reminders to do things).
>
> Michael Whapples
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