Re: [orca-list] help migrate a windows user to linux?

[covici ccs covici com]

Why do you want her to switch to linux at all?  Its not for some people.

kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:

> hi all
> I have no idea if this is the right place to post this, and if not I apologize, but it's the only place I 
> could think 
> of. I'm trying to get my fiance, mellisa, to switch from win7 to linux, but she has refused until she can 
> use most of 
> the same apps for the same things. I'm writing to get advice on what to do, and possibly information on 
> apps that are 
> close to, if not identical to what she's using now. Her major hang ups are: 1, a daisy reader. You can 
> currently open 
> books up in firefox by pressing enter on the xml file, but it's not very intuitive, her words not mine, and 
> she wants a 
> daisy book app similar to fs reader. There are only 2 that I know of, one firefox addon called buttercup 
> reader and an 
> abandoned app called emerson. Emerson won't build, and I've had no luck getting anyone interested in either 
> maintaining 
> it or writing a new one. 2, mud client. There are quite a few for linux, but the best is probably tintin. 
> The problem 
> there is she's used to mush, which has a nice friendly gui, whereas tintin doesn't. She's also used to lots 
> of nice 
> sounds for all the spells, etc, which tintin has, but again, it's command line. I've thought about trying 
> wine, but 
> wine has no accessibility infrastructure that I know of, so unless I can get a windows screen reader 
> running under wine 
> that's not an option.  I thought about writing some sort of 
> desktop file that would launch tintin in a terminal connected to her mud of choice, but orca's terminal 
> support needs an 
> overhall. It can sometimes skip entire lines of text, or just a few words. 3, this one is really tricky. In 
> windows, she 
> can just open up the run dialog with windows+r and type in www.site.com. This is not currently possible in 
> any desktop 
> that I know of except mate. But in mate, you have to type http://www.site.com, which she insists isn't good 
> enough. Does 
> anyone know how in the world I could fix this? I've tried explaining why linux works the way it does, but 
> she's not that 
> interested, insisting I make it work as much like windows as possible. Her last is ie, but she says she's 
> willing to 
> learn firefox. I've taken considerable time customizing orca's shortcuts to make them as jaws and nvda like 
> as I can, 
> but without a daisy reader and mud client she's holding back. Sorry for the long email, but I'm at the end 
> of my rope. 
> SHe doesn't want a mac, and she doesn't want win 8, so linux is her only option when she gets a new 
> computer. 
>
> Thanks
> Kendell clark
>
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