Carliss wrote: > Can Jaws be used with Linnics, and if so, where may I get it?
I assume you mean Linux (spelt L I N U X), the free and open source operating system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux (If this assumption is wrong, then please ignore the rest of this email.) For native Linux programs, you'd use one of the free screen readers for the *nix console or the GNOME desktop environment, such as Orca. Consult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screen_readers for a list. And you'd normally use native Linux software, such as the OpenOffice.org office suite, the ELinks and Firefox web browsers, the GAIM instant messenger, rather than more familiar Windows-only alternatives. For examples of accessibility-friendly Linux distributions see: http://www.ubuntu.com/access/ and http://oralux.org/ I'd advise spending some time with a LiveCD or perhaps running Linux in a VMWare virtual machine hosted on Windows before attempting to switch, if that's what you're considering. Now you might want to use JAWS to access Windows programs being run on top of Linux. If you run Windows in a virtual machine, for example with VMWare Server, you can run JAWS with Windows, no problem. The tricky bit would be controlling VMWare with your Linux screen reader without the Windows and Linux screen readers fighting for the sound output. The other way to run Windows programs on Linux is with WINE, which is an attempt to provide the Windows API on Linux. It's just conceivable JAWS might work with WINE but I very much doubt it. If anything might work, it's NVDA, since that uses the Windows API only and doesn't rely on video interception. Sorry if that ended up being a rather rambling and over-technical response. If you can clarify exactly what your needs are, I might be able to be of slightly more assistance. If your further questions aren't particularly JAWS-related, please feel free to contact me off-list. Hope that was relevant and helps. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/jaws-users-list%40googlegroups.com/ Address to contact the management team: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JAWS Users List" group. To post to this group, send email to jaws-users-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jaws-users-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
