HI, I THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET THE SYSTEM TO PRODUCE A BEEP SOUND WHEN THE LINUX BOOTLOADER COMES UP. THE .CONF FILE OF THE BOOTLOADER HAS TO BE EDITED FOR THINGS LIKE TINKERING WITH THE DEFAULT OS, CREATING A BEEP NOISE, ETC. HAVEN’T TRIED IT OUT AS YET.
Regards "Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous." ~ Leonardo da Vinci --- On Wed, 3/3/10, harish <har...@accessindia.org.in> wrote: > From: harish <har...@accessindia.org.in> > Subject: Re: [AI] Fwd: (Keralavision) a happy news > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 9:00 PM > Hi Ashik > > There is no screen reader support when you select either of > the OS. > > I used to count number since power on. Initially I took > sighted help to time myself, later on it was not a problem. > If you don't select within the given time, it defaults to > Linux. > > Harish > ----- Original Message ----- From: "ashik" <ashikhir...@gmail.com> > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:03 PM > Subject: Re: [AI] Fwd: (Keralavision) a happy news > > > > Hello friends, > > > > My sighted friends use Windows and Ubuntu in one > machine. At the time of booting the computer, they choose > one of them to start the machine with. My question is: Can > we do that? Can we use Windows with JAWS and Ubuntu with > orca in one machine? I would like to know about the > experience if anyone has had it. > > - - - > > Ashik Hirani > > Landline phone: 02849-242233 > > Skype: ashikali.hirani > > I would prefer flowers on my table rather than > diamonds in my necklace. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Renuka Warriar" > <eren...@gmail.com> > > To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 2:24 PM > > Subject: [AI] Fwd: (Keralavision) a happy news > > > > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: sathyan <saatyan....@gmail.com> > >> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:02:46 -0500 > >> Subject: (Keralavision) a happy news > >> To: keralavis...@googlegroups.com > >> > >> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 18:56 -0500, sathyan wrote: > >>> dear list members, > >>> I am a happy man today. now I can use my > computer to read print for > >>> myself. We have used ubuntu 9.4, xsane and > cuneiform for this purpose. I > >>> am now in a possition to read with 99 percent > accuracy. A visually > >>> impaired person can install the package by > themselves. if anybody is > >>> interested ot receive the package, please > contact me.please read the > >>> folloing item the read me of the package. > >>> > >>> Now a visually impaired person can enjoy > reading the printed books using > >>> free software, cuneiform is a wonderful ocr > engine and we tried to make > >>> it user friendly in our own way, you are free > to make it more friendly > >>> in your own way, be careful to use scanners > which have full support from > >>> xsane. > >>> > >>> To install on ubuntu 9.4 > >>> > >>> 1 creat a user with username > "s".or install ubuntu with username "s", > >>> 2 login to that user , > >>> 3 extract the cunieform to the > home folder in order to extract, first > >>> select the cuneiform education system and > enter, then press ctrl+e to > >>> select extract option, then > press alt+p to select places column header > >>> and down arrow till you reach s, then press > alt+e to extract the folder > >>> to s.. > >>> 4 switch on your speaker. > >>> 5 open a terminal and type > ./setup cuneiform.sh. or open home folder > >>> and select setup cuneiform.sh and enter then > tab to run in terminal > >>> and enter now you can disable orca by pressing > orca+s. now listen to the > >>> instructions and wate for a few minutes. > >>> 6 when it says hi hi, your > installation is complete. and continue > >>> installation. > >>> > >>> To use with scanner and xsane, > >>> > >>> 1 conect the scanner, > >>> 2 open xsane pressing > alt+control+X > >>> 3 change the colour option to > lineart or binary. > >>> 4 change the resolution as > required usually keep at 300 and also > >>> change brightness as needed. > >>> 5 now you can open preview by > pressing alt+tab once or twice and then > >>> change rotation of the image. you can tab to > 000 compo box and space > >>> and change to 090 or 270 if you keep the book > at diffrent angles and > >>> then enter.now you can come back to main menu > by alt tab and start > >>> scanning by pressing ctrl enter. > >>> 6 after one scan you can check > your output by pressing super+1. then > >>> the first 1.text will appear and press ples in > the num pad will help to > >>> read it. > >>> 7 now you can change your pages > of the book and go on scanning. > >>> 8 after scanning you can press > super + a to get theoutput of first > >>> ten pages. next press super+ b to get output > of 10 to 20 pages.then > >>> super+c for 20 to 30 and d, e, f, g, h, i, j, > for getting output up to > >>> 100. next k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, will convert > 25 pages each after > >>> 100.next letters are used s, t, u, v, w, , x, > y, z for scanning up to > >>> 500 pages. (pleas add super with each letter) > >>> 9 after converting the > images in to text you can directly open the > >>> directory by pressing alt ctrl +o. you now can > see your pages 1 2 3 4 5 > >>> etc etc or you can get them all10.txt > all20.txt and so on.you can open > >>> it from there. > >>> 10 now you can compile all > the txt files by selecting and entering > >>> all-in-one.sh. output will appear in > all-in-one.txt > >>> 11 wav audio > convertion is possible after all-in-one.txt is > >>> created. you can select all-in-one.wav. > >>> 12 when you start a new a > book you open xsane and tab to > >>> text/home/s......-.png and delete the number > just before .png and > >>> change it to 1.png. > >>> 13 repeated scanning is possible > by changing 1 spin button . you can > >>> set it to any number and scanning will > continue up to that page. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> For more help please contact the following > email. > >>> 1. nalin4linu...@gmail.com > and 2 saatyan....@gmail.com > >> > >> -- You received this message because you are > subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Keralavision" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to keralavis...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> keralavision+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/keralavision?hl=en. > >> > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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 accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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 accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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 accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. 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