Re: [orca-list] Accessible email clients; really need an alternative to thunderbird

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

I raised my speakup issues on the speakup list some time ago, however 
the messages went with little response and no solution. My kernel 
debugging skills are not up to much, I think I extracted the error 
messages associated with loading the speakup module from the kernel log 
file, but with no help on other ways I could debug I could do no more in 
finding the source of the problem. You can tell why I have made the 
blanket statement that using things with speakup is no longer an option 
for me. I could post more messages, but I wouldn't hold out much hope, I 
think I might spend effort where greater results may be gained.

As for emacs its never clicked with me, and emacspeak is just 
complication upon complication (complication of learning emacs which 
seems unnatural with the complication of learning emacspeak).

Michael Whapples
On -10/01/37 20:59, Jason White wrote:
> Michael Whapples<mwhapples aim com>  wrote:
>
> > I know that another alternative might be to look at text based
> > clients. The only ones I really got on with were pine and cone.
> > Anyway, I feel text base clients may be off the cards as I feel Orca
> > isn't great with text based software. Speakup would be my preferred
> > choice for screen reader with text based software, however it just
> > doesn't load on the computers I would install Linux on.
> I would suggest taking up that issue on the Speakup list and having it
> resolved. After that, you can run, for example, Mutt or Alpine with Speakup
> and your email problems will go away. Orca with Gnome-terminal should be
> usable for this purpose as well; if it isn't, you could submit bug reports.
>
> I am a strong Emacs proponent. With Emacs and Emacspeak you have a number of
> options, including vm or Gnus (which is both a mail reader and a news reader).