Re: Ubuntu-accessibility Digest, Vol 44, Issue 2: 5. Frequent Crashes in Ubuntu 9.04

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Horobin
I had similar greying.  I don't recommend my solution, which was to create
a Jaunty installation CD and re-build.  I recommend researching the main
UBUNTU forums - specifically the installation one.

I think the root cause of my crashes was having the wrong Java run-time
environment (JRE).  But you should research the installation Ubuntu forum.

Richard.
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Re: Ubuntu-accessibility Digest, Vol 43, Issue 23

2009-07-01 Thread Richard Horobin
I support Petra Ritter's suggestion of beeping when ready.  A person who's
interested in accessibility issues will probably have a sound-producing
component attached.  If the beep helps, then that's a help, isn't it?

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2009-05-03 Thread Richard Horobin
Richardh9935
I'm 51 and I live in Canberra, Australia.
I have a B.Sc with majors in physics, applied mathematics and statistics.  I
added a graduate diploma of education and a graduate diploma of management
sciences later.

My interest in accessibility or assistive technologies comes from both my
own needs and my interest in training others to use new technologies
effectively.  My own needs are for screens to invert colours, so that I can
have white text on a black background.

After 30 years' work, I've worked out that I have amblyopia, astigmatism and
dyslexic-like problems.  I have one dyslexic brother, and a hyperlexic
nephew.

I rely on Compiz Fusion's negative option, but I think it can do better,
because in some contexts, it seems to lose image quality.

Richard.
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