Re: Help for a blind friend

I have heard and would think it possible that emacs would be the best
interface for a blind person.
mike

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Billy Crook <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have heard at least two blind GNU users state that they have used
> JAWS, and the switched to gnome's ORCA screen reader, and found it to
> be substantially better.  Any GNOME based distro should be fine so
> long as she sticks with GTK-based apps.  Specifically Orca takes
> queues from the GTK window layout framework which do not exist in KDE
> or non-gtk windows.  Nothing is going to be perfect.  Especially when
> someone is looking for an excuse to complain about it, but Orca is
> supposed to be pretty darn good.
>
> As for dealing with ATT?  See if a mention of the ADA to ATT support's
> supervisors makes ATT support more eager to help.  The ADA entitles
> any disabled person to rain sulfur and brimstone down upon any
> business that doesn't bend over backwards to placate the handicapped.
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 13:10, Haworth, Michael A.
> <Michael_Haworth-MpF0zXX3aryHdZQakrT3ElaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > she is extremely leery of change (primarily because of her lack of
> vision)
>
> I would encourage you to disregard that.  Everyone who is leery of
> change will find some justification to be leery of change.  Many blind
> people have found Orca superior to Jaws.  And take this chance to get
> her away from using ISP-provided email for heavens sake.  Don't
> present things as an option, and people won't choose to be leery of
> them.
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