[Ham-Computers] Attn Duane: linux and screen readers

[jeff]

On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 19:40 -0400, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
> The 'ONLY' way anyone is going to write a screen reading program for Linux is if
> the sales of the product will be substantial to assure that the people who
> invested years of R/D, will make a profit.

most software for linux is open-source.  The majority of it is free.  I
just did a search - here are some links:

http://www.linux-speakup.org/

http://www.netserv.net.au/doonbank/speech.html#speech

http://www.alvabraille.com/Support/open_standard3.asp


http://mielke.cc/blind.html
software of interest to the blind

http://www.suse.com/en/whitepapers/blinux/
linux for the visually-impaired


I don't know if you're aware of any of the above, but it might be worth
a try.  It won't cost much, if anything.