Re: [orca-list] Podcasts and/or audio tutorials needed

[Tony Baechler <tony baechler net>]

Hi all,

If the below offer interests you, please write off list.  Thanks.

On 9/3/2015 9:24 PM, Glenn wrote:
> I would like some podcasts and/or audio tutorials that I could put on it so
> he can listen to that and get started.


Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge, there really aren't any. 
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but of those I've seen, they're 
years out of date and don't really go into a lot of detail.  There are lots 
of podcasts for the general Linux community, but as with most things, they 
assume you can click a mouse and don't cover accessibility.  You are one of 
several people who have asked for this kind of thing.

Therefore, since I don't know of anything that's current and there is a 
serious need, I'm willing to commission someone to put together such a 
tutorial.  They would be paid for their time.  Extensive knowledge of the 
GUI and command line are required.  A high quality microphone is a plus, but 
not absolutely necessary.  Knowledge of how to produce audio files and 
record the speech from the sound card is also a must.  Payment will depend 
on experience level, turnaround time, etc.  My eventual goal would be to 
produce a six to eight hour package which could be purchased, but the 
getting started guide, learning Orca, installation, etc would be freely 
released under an open license.

While I don't have anything current to suggest, I can give you some general 
links for some very good podcasts, albeit not specifically for the blind.  I 
would ask that if you do find any which are for the blind, you carefully 
check the dates.  If they're more than a few years old, the information is 
most likely wrong.  In no particular order, here you go:

http://www.mintcast.com/

The following site has tons of links to other podcasts, again not 
specifically for the blind.  I suggest Going Linux and Linux For the Rest of Us.

http://www.thelinuxlink.net/

If you do find something useful, please let me know.  I would be very 
interested as I've been asked this several times and it would be good to 
have a current resource to recommend.