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

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

hi
Well, if her computer dies, she'll need a new one. SHe's extremely
picky, so she probably won't accept anything less than a new one. She
doesn't want 8, and she doesn't want a mac, so linux is her only option.
Plus, it'd make my life a lot easier, since I know a lot more about
linux than I do about windows.

On 05/18/2014 03:51 AM, covici ccs covici com wrote:
> 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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