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

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel shellworld net>]

Have you tried yasr yet? On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Michael Whapples wrote:

> 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).
>
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Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net>
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