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 Message 7374 
 Brian Rogers to Richard Falken 
 Re: Apps for the blind 
 25 Nov 21 21:09:00 
 
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Hello Richard;

-=> Richard Falken wrote to Brian Rogers <=-

 RF> I don't know if it counts as "good" since I don't use it, but Linux has
 RF> Orca. "Orca is a free, open source, flexible, and extensible screen
 RF> reader that provides access to the graphical desktop via speech and
 RF> refreshable braille [...] Orca works with applications and toolkits
 RF> that support the Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface
 RF> (AT-SPI), which is the primary assistive technology infrastructure for
 RF> Linux and Solaris."

 RF> The Knoppix distribution has integrated support for blind users, since
 RF> Knopper¨ wife is sight imparied herself. Maybe you can give it a try.

Thanks for the input, I'll pass the information along. I have a small handful
of friends who are blind and they lean on me to help them. I haven't figured
out why since I really don't know a thing about their applications but I seem
to do good by them.

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