Respected madam, Yes i have used linux for very short time in 2012. orka screen reader is the only screen reader for linux. There is a mailing list for orka which i have subscribed since 3 years. libreoffice is accessible with orka don't know much about other applications. if a person has learning attitude nothing is dificult or impossible for. one can remember short commands. Thanks and regards.
On 10/16/14, Vidhya Y <vidhya....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > has any one used linux? > One of the companies in bangalore wants to give laptop to blind > students of 10th grade. > they have their own operating system which is based on Linux. > it works exactly like windows. > I wanted to know few things: > 1. is linux accessible ? > 2. is Orca the only free screen reader for Linux? > 3. what other softwares are available for blind apart from screen > reader for linux? > 4. can you give me feed back about orca's accessibility? > 5. won't memorizing commands for linux and Orca be challenging? > 6. are many blind people using linux? (any global statistics would be > great) > I am suppose to give feedback by tomorrow so kindly reply as soon as > possible. > I have not used linux much so any feed back on accessibility of linux > would be great. > thanks and regards, > Vidhya > > If any time you wish to be unsubscribed from our Mailing List, please send a > message to > sayeverything-requ...@sayeverything.org > with the subject unsubscribe keeping the message body blank. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://sayeverything.org/mailman/listinfo/sayeverything_sayeverything.org > > Website: http://www.sayeverything.org > -- Minar Singh www.kanchantrustcalcutta.org. DONATE GENEROUSLY FOR A NOBLE WORK) skype:dolly.sweet5 BangaloreINDIA Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
