I have heard and would think it possible that emacs would be the best interface for a blind person.<br>mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Billy Crook <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billycrook@gmail.com">billycrook@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I have heard at least two blind GNU users state that they have used<br>
JAWS, and the switched to gnome's ORCA screen reader, and found it to<br>
be substantially better. Any GNOME based distro should be fine so<br>
long as she sticks with GTK-based apps. Specifically Orca takes<br>
queues from the GTK window layout framework which do not exist in KDE<br>
or non-gtk windows. Nothing is going to be perfect. Especially when<br>
someone is looking for an excuse to complain about it, but Orca is<br>
supposed to be pretty darn good.<br>
<br>
As for dealing with ATT? See if a mention of the ADA to ATT support's<br>
supervisors makes ATT support more eager to help. The ADA entitles<br>
any disabled person to rain sulfur and brimstone down upon any<br>
business that doesn't bend over backwards to placate the handicapped.<br>
<br>
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 13:10, Haworth, Michael A.<br>
<div class="im"><<a href="mailto:Michael_Haworth@pas-technologies.com">Michael_Haworth@pas-technologies.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> she is extremely leery of change (primarily because of her lack of vision)<br>
<br>
</div>I would encourage you to disregard that. Everyone who is leery of<br>
change will find some justification to be leery of change. Many blind<br>
people have found Orca superior to Jaws. And take this chance to get<br>
her away from using ISP-provided email for heavens sake. Don't<br>
present things as an option, and people won't choose to be leery of<br>
them.<br>
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