Hi Thomas,
My games are not cheap. They are free.
BFN
Jim
Check my web site for my free blind accessible pc dos and windows games.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Chardon Ohio USA
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Hi Soren,
Wile this is off topic I think in the interest of everyone on list I'll
answer your question on list just so everyone knows the answer.
Yes, Linux is becoming much more accessible in recent years. The Ubuntu
Linux OS is by far probably the most accessible with the Fedora Linux OS
as a good second.
One reason I tell newbies to go with Ubuntu is you can run the entire os
off of your cd drive to test it out before installing it. It also can be
run from thumb drives, portible hard drives, and is really a nice little
version of the Linux OS.
Incorperated into Ubuntu is the Orca screen reader which will not only
read the Ubuntu installation for you, but is pretty speech friendly with
the Firefox web browser, Evolution email client, Open Office, and many
core Linux applications now.
That said I don't want anyone to download and install this thinking they
are getting the same access quality as say Jaws 8.0 or Window Eyes 6.1.
Orca works well, and will help you successfully use Ubuntu or Fedora
Linux on a daily basis. However, access still is not on a one to one
comparison with Windows or Windows screen readers. full and total Access
is still a few years behind.
For example, the X-Windows environment offers two desktops Gnome and
KDE. Of the two KDE is the most like Windows XP, but is still
unaccesible, and won't be accessible until KDE 4.0 which is still being
developed from scratch. Gnome however is not bad, and is functionally
usable, but there are still apps and parts of Gnome that don't work as
well with Orca as they should.
I do think as far as accessible games for Linux are needed now that the
OS can be used successfully by a blind user, I have done it many times,
but there is no commercial market to do so.
I could probably write some cheap Java based games that are like Jim
Kitchen games, but actually doing a STFC, Montezuma's Revenge, or
Raceway for Linux would be very time consuming with little cash insentive.
Søren Jensen wrote:
> Hi Josh.
>
> Is Ubuntu accessible for us? Please let me know of the list since this is
> off topic
> Best regards Søren.
> Mail & MSN:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Website:
> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk
Jim
Check my web site for my free blind accessible pc dos and windows games.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.kitchensinc.net
(440) 286-6920
Chardon Ohio USA
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