NOTE THE FOLLOWING!!!!!! YES, MY NEW MACHINE HAS UBUNTU 7.04 The feisty Fawn, AND IT HAS SPEECH ORCA!! It is an April 2007 release of Ubuntu.
From the site: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility?action=show&redirect=Accessibility%2Fdoc%2FGuide The most common accessibility tools such as Orca and onBoard are preinstalled on any standard Ubuntu system and are easy to activate. The screen reader, magnifier and on-screen keyboard are all activated using the Gnome Assistive Technology Preferences panel, Found in the System Menu under Preferences. Resources [WWW] Ubuntu Accessibility Page ==================================================================== David Snyderman wrote: I've got Ubuntu running on my home machine-- it's basically a white box that I purchased from Microworx. But I agree-- I'm thinking about buying a new machine and at this point, I'm focusing on Dell because they have the right combination of price and trustworthiness. I have a 64 bit AMD on my Microworx machine but have never been able to install 64 bit Ubuntu-- I'm running (and have since dapper) 32 bit. I'm hoping that by buying from Dell, you're guaranteed that *everything* will work. Thanks! David David M. Snyderman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsnyderman skype: davesnyd ---- Original Message ---- From: Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 12:22:33 AM ............. The site for Ubuntu Guide is great. I just ordered a Dell Laptop with Ubuntu, so will need it I'm sure; especially as I hope to get emac speech on it! I gave up trying to get Ubuntu Linux on my computers, so will devote the new one solely to it.Will ============================= To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii <include> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:04:31 -0400 From: "Joshua Fagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Lugor-discuss] beware automatix Good point. On 8/6/07, Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Joshua Fagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Automatix to many friends who are new to Linux. Maybe now I will just spend 15 minutes showing them how to apt get, lol. > Show them how to use "aptitude". Very friendly compared to apt-get. </include> I feel silly, because I just discovered the unofficial Ubuntu guide. But I'm not sure it has been discussed here, so if anyone else is unaware of its existence, here's what it has to say about Codecs: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty#Multimedia_Codecs_.26_Browser_Plug-ins Maybe not as *easy* as Automatix but I think it covers most or all of the bases. Thanks! David -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
