[nfbcs] Duel Booting With Jaws

[Jim Barbour]

the real question you need to answer, Marvin, is do you really need a
linux screen reader.

If you already know JAWS, You're likely going to be better off if you
can get away with using something called an "ssh client", like putty,
to access your linux machines from windows.

If you can use just an SSH client, then you can continue to use JAWS
and access your linux machines remotely.

If the class requires that you run graphical (X windows) programs
directly on linux, then you will need to do some research and find out
if these programs are gnome based.  If they are, then you'll 
need to use orca, and you'll probably want to get some practice using
it.  Thus the rub.  You'll need to find or install a modern version of
linux.  Most of them have orca built in.

Jim

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 08:54:17AM -0600, tribble wrote:
> Hi Marvin --
> Besides emacspeak there is yasr (for "yet another screen reader"), and of 
> course speakup, which is compiled with the linux kernel, unlike the other 
> two, so you have speech during bootup.  Of course if you use gnome (the 
> graphical environment), there is a GUI screen reader  called Orca. I have 
> never used a screen reader with linux as at the time I was working on linux 
> I had vision enough not to need it.
> HTH
> --le
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wunder, Gary" <WunderG at health.missouri.edu>
> To: "NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 7:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Duel Booting With Jaws
> 
> 
> Hi Marvin. I can't begin to adequately answer most of your questions but
> let me see if I can point the way.
> 
> I know people who use the MAC with speech - Greg Kearney is one such
> person and likes it. He can see but his wife is blind and so he
> understands many accessibility issues. I believe there may be another
> person or two who frequent this list who might help.
> 
> There are frequent announcements on this list from people who use Linux,
> Unix, and there are screen reading packages. One, I believe, is called
> emac-speek. . There are frequent releases and I am sure that either by
> looking at archives of this list or by using Google, you will find many
> references.
> 
> On the NFB-WEB list, there are several people who use PHP and love it.
> Again, go to nfbnet.org and search the archives and you'll find a
> treasure trove.
> 
> As for your last question about having two operating systems, I believe
> the way that is handled without speech is an issue of timing where you
> have so long to press a key or by default you get one or the other
> loading automatically.
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Hi.
> next year, possibly could be taking networking classes, or doing a
> degree in networkking or systems, and will need to use linux, unix, and
> is there speech screen readers with that, and also looking at taking
> php, asp, my sql, word press, sisco, and windows server, and also
> possibly mac.
> have you used voice over, and if so, how good.
> and now, with the say, you have 2 operating systems, on your box, for
> jaws, now, how do you choose the dual boot option, if no speech, at boot
> up, to choose between vista and say windows xp.
> and does vista have its own partician utility?
> or do i use some thing like partician magic.
> also, can i use some thing like virtual box or vm ware, for virtual
> testing.
> cheers Marvin.
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