Hi Geetha, I also have a dual boot system (XP + Ubuntu), and was able to get emacspeak working quite easily. It hasn't yet stopped :-)
Look forward to your participation in GLD. Warmly, Arun On 10/3/06, Geetha Shamanna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Arun, > > I look forward to participating in the global learn day event. > > As for your question about interest in using Linux and EmacSpeak: > I made an attempt to learn to use Linux and EmacSpeak about three years ago. > I installed Linux on my machine which already had Windows and used it as a > dual boot machine. > With a great deal of help from the Linux list for the blind, I managed to > get EmacSpeak working with the DoubleTalk synthesizer for a few weeks. > However, it (and Linux) abruptly stopped working after a while. This could > probably be attributed to the complications involved in working with Linux > on a dual boot system, but I was unable to revive it as I never discovered > the cause of its failure. > > I would be greatly interested in a Linux-EmacSpeak workshop. Please keep the > list posted. > > Regards, > Geetha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arun Mehta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:59 AM > Subject: [AI] join us for Global Learn Day, Oct 8, 11 am IST > > > > Hi, I have been a lurker on this list for some time now. Some of you > > may know me from the time I spent as a volunteer at the NAB Delhi, > > teaching Visual Basic programming. > > > > Global Learn Day is an annual 24-hour event on the Internet that seeks > > to promote distance learning around the world. October 8, 2006, is > > the tenth such occasion. The South Asia portion has a very special > > keynote speaker, Dr. TV Raman, who is one of the most brilliant > > programmers around the world. He is blind, and the creator of > > emacspeak, the revolutionary tool that leverages the versatility of > > emacs, to make available editing, browsing, mail, calendar and myriad > > other facilities to the blind. He best exemplifies my belief, that the > > best writers of software for the disabled are persons with the same > > disability. Raman is also a great thinker. Example: > > > > "I have a somewhat contrarian answer when people allege > > "emacs/emacspeak has a steep learning curve". The usual expectation is > > for one to hotly deny that somewhat bogus assertion. My usual response > > though is "I like steep learning curves -- it gets you ahead faster". > > " > > > > His talk begins at 5:30 AM GMT on October 8. This will be followed by > > a presentation by Dr. Dipendra Manocha of the National Association for > > the Blind. Together with him, and a little help from me, two blind > > programming students, Avneesh and Suman, have successfully written > > software for a soon to be released cutting-edge Daisy authoring tool, > > called Obi. We will also talk about initiatives across the Indo-Pak > > border to promote the use of ICTs by the blind. > > > > Please join us for a discussion of how distance learning and other > > Internet-related technologies can be of assistance to persons with > > disabilities, and how to take these ideas further. Instructions on how > > to participate are at http://ben300.com/GLDTEN/?p=52 . Other details > > at http://www.bfranklin.edu/ > > > > Please feel free to forward this to others who may be interested. > > > > May I take this opportunity to ask how members of this list feel about > > Linux and emacspeak? > > > > Would there be interest in a workshop at the NAB, where people who are > > blind can learn to use Linux and emacspeak? > > > > Arun Mehta > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
