Vinux 5.0 released
= The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of the Vinux 5.0 desktop image. = This release features not just the Unity Desktop, but Gnome-shell and the ever popular Gnome 2 fork called Mate, though we primarily will support Unity only. Remember we recommend that when possible users perform updates on a regular basis. This will enable the Vinux team to update packages, and introduce new features. Vinux 5.0 is based upon Ubuntu Trusty Tahr 14.0.4.3 LTS. = Some of the highlights in Vinux 5.0 = New re-designed Vinux boot logo. Up to date accessibility infrastructure. Current Gnome-Orca and accessibility framework. Improvements with Nautilus file manager when processing large folders. = Known bugs = We are unable to include the Vinux 4.0 console speech changes due to Vinux 5.0 not using consolekit any longer, please see http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/speechd-up for more information. To use speechd-up log in to your desktop session and run sudo speechd-up from a gnome-terminal or add a startup item to do it automatically upon login. There seems to be a bug in the console if you use speakup-tools to save local speakup settings. How ever as a work around you can still gain access using sudo or root. = Software = Firefox 41 Thunderbird 38.3 Unity 7.2.4 Gnome-shell 3.10.4 Mate 1.8 LibreOffice 4.2.8 Gnome-orca 3.18.1 Espeak 1.48 Brltty 5.2 Speech-dispatcher 0.8.3 Evince 3.12.2 Liblouis 2.6.2 Clam av 0.98.7 Kernel 3.19 = Availability = Vinux 5.0 is available in the AMD64 and i386 architectures They contain everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at vision impaired users. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD sized media. Vinux 5.0 can be installed from optical media or from a USB pen drive. The required files can be downloaded via HTTP as entailed below. = Support = This is a long term support release, the Vinux development team encourages users to download and install Vinux 5.0 We are unable to commit to a support date due to lacking development resources. = Contacting US = Our mailing list has a supportive community on Google groups at http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support or you can subscribe by sending an email to vinux-support+subscr...@googlegroups.com Follow us on Twitter @vinuxnews. We are on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Vinux.AccessibleLinux/ http://www.facebook.com/groups/vinux/ = Acknowledgements = * Rob Whyte, Vinux project manager. * Luke Yelavich. Development team leader. * Bill Taylor. Testing team leader. * Karen Searle for proofreading and editing our documentation, website and wiki. Also for designing our new logo. * The Vinux team would also like to thank Christopher Chaltain, Burt Henry, Peter Tesar and members of the Vinux mailing lists for their ongoing support. = MD5 Checksums: = * vinux-5.0-amd64.iso e94ef69b512c3ff57aa0210b1444f7e6 * vinux-5.0-i386.isoca44281622246336ecdf9842f62383e5 = Downloading Vinux = Vinux has chosen Source forge for our preferred downloads. This way users can gain fast access to over 17 mirrors and give us feedback to user statistics. http://sourceforge.net/projects/vinuxproject/ Thank you for supporting the Vinux project. Kind regards Rob Whyte Vinux project manager -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: Introduction of my project
While I do see a need for a Daisy player and other such applications, I also think an EPUB player, better speech synthesis, and a version of Linux that would run on my Mac as my feature requests. I'm fine with eSpeak, and if it can be used with MBROLA I'd be fine with that, too. I'd also like an accessible application to create music like in Quck Windows sequencer, but that can wait. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 2, 2015, at 7:52 PM, B. Henry wrote: > > This is a great project, much after my own heart. I started thinking about > about something like this kind of thing a long time ago, but more > specifically last December when people were discussing their need of a good > dasy player for Linux on the Orca list. > I am really excited to hear about the steps your are taking to improve > accessiblity with FOS software for GNU-Linux. > I am also very glad that there is an English version of the website. > At this oint I do not know what I can offer this project directly, but hope > to be able to do so at some point. For now I'll be spreading the word that > it exists among some folks who are not on this list, Orca nor > Ubuntu-accessiblity. > Congrats! > > > -- > B.H. > Registerd Linux User 521886 > > MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: > Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 02:10:42AM +0100 > >> Hi, >> >> I've been working with free software for 2004, and I'm sure now of 2 things: >> it's The solution to get an accessible computer in long-term, but its >> diversity results on a need of fulltime work on the matter. I love the work >> on distros such as Vinux, about which I'm writing a manual to learn >> computing (very long as I've few time). I think now an accessible system >> should go still further, using "universal" purpose. But universal, it means >> a flexible desktop, for various visual issues, etc. >> >> For all these reasons I try now so pay for devs to work on GNU/Linux a11y, >> in particular Compiz, Orca and MATE. To know the values of this project and >> our model, see: >> http://hypra.fr/?-Home-17-&lang=en >> >> For next month, we will release a full list of features we found in Jaws, >> NVDA, ZoomText and SuperNova and not present in Orca and Linux, so that >> users could tell us whet should be prioritary to be developped. On this >> basis, we'll submit patches to add features, including technical discussions >> with you about the good approach (what is for Orca, for at-spi, for the >> application, etc). Now we've the basic platform, we can start developping >> improvements and submitting them. >> >> Thanks >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> >> Jean-Philippe MENGUAL >> >> HYPRA, progressons ensemble >> >> Tél.: 01 84 73 06 61 >> Mail: cont...@hypra.fr >> >> Site Web: http://hypra.fr >> >> -- >> Remember to frequently check our Wiki: http://wiki.vinuxproject.org >> Our website: http://www.vinuxproject.org >> You can search or view our group on the web: >> http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support >> Talk to us on IRC irc.vinuxproject.org #Vinux >> >> Unsubscribe from Vinux by emailing vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Vinux support forum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > -- > Remember to frequently check our Wiki: http://wiki.vinuxproject.org > Our website: http://www.vinuxproject.org > You can search or view our group on the web: > http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support > Talk to us on IRC irc.vinuxproject.org #Vinux > > Unsubscribe from Vinux by emailing vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vinux support forum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re : Re: VINUX-SUPPORT: Introduction of my project
- Devin Prater a écrit : > While I do see a need for a Daisy player and other such applications, In our UAS we include daisyplayer. Do you know? It seems all rieght isn't it? I also think an EPUB player, About it I think we will include epub-reader. It is also a kind of OCR. To be tested better speech synthesis, Sure that is in projects. Mbrola provides a good base but we are porting a Windows one developped by a Frence University, Kali. Unfortunately, not yet free. and a version of Linux that would run on my Mac as my feature requests. What do you mean? I'm fine with eSpeak, and if it can be used with MBROLA I'd be fine with that, too. yes you can, that the choice we did on live CD. I'd also like an accessible application to create music like in Quck Windows sequencer, but that can wait. that is a very big thing indeed. A specific thread I think, with testers, etc (I am not a musician myself). > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 2, 2015, at 7:52 PM, B. Henry wrote: > > > > This is a great project, much after my own heart. I started thinking about > > about something like this kind of thing a long time ago, but more > > specifically last December when people were discussing their need of a good > > dasy player for Linux on the Orca list. > > I am really excited to hear about the steps your are taking to improve > > accessiblity with FOS software for GNU-Linux. > > I am also very glad that there is an English version of the website. > > At this oint I do not know what I can offer this project directly, but hope > > to be able to do so at some point. For now I'll be spreading the word that > > it exists among some folks who are not on this list, Orca nor > > Ubuntu-accessiblity. Good point thanks. The most this project will be known, people will order traniing and installations, the more we will be financed and work a long and with many people about all this. regards > > Congrats! > > > > > > -- > > B.H. > > Registerd Linux User 521886 > > > > MENGUAL Jean-Philippe wrote: > > Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 02:10:42AM +0100 > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've been working with free software for 2004, and I'm sure now of 2 > >> things: > >> it's The solution to get an accessible computer in long-term, but its > >> diversity results on a need of fulltime work on the matter. I love the work > >> on distros such as Vinux, about which I'm writing a manual to learn > >> computing (very long as I've few time). I think now an accessible system > >> should go still further, using "universal" purpose. But universal, it means > >> a flexible desktop, for various visual issues, etc. > >> > >> For all these reasons I try now so pay for devs to work on GNU/Linux a11y, > >> in particular Compiz, Orca and MATE. To know the values of this project and > >> our model, see: > >> http://hypra.fr/?-Home-17-&lang=en > >> > >> For next month, we will release a full list of features we found in Jaws, > >> NVDA, ZoomText and SuperNova and not present in Orca and Linux, so that > >> users could tell us whet should be prioritary to be developped. On this > >> basis, we'll submit patches to add features, including technical > >> discussions > >> with you about the good approach (what is for Orca, for at-spi, for the > >> application, etc). Now we've the basic platform, we can start developping > >> improvements and submitting them. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Jean-Philippe MENGUAL > >> > >> HYPRA, progressons ensemble > >> > >> Tél.: 01 84 73 06 61 > >> Mail: cont...@hypra.fr > >> > >> Site Web: http://hypra.fr > >> > >> -- > >> Remember to frequently check our Wiki: http://wiki.vinuxproject.org > >> Our website: http://www.vinuxproject.org > >> You can search or view our group on the web: > >> http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support > >> Talk to us on IRC irc.vinuxproject.org #Vinux > >> > >> Unsubscribe from Vinux by emailing > >> vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Vinux support forum" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > >> email to vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > > -- > > Remember to frequently check our Wiki: http://wiki.vinuxproject.org > > Our website: http://www.vinuxproject.org > > You can search or view our group on the web: > > http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support > > Talk to us on IRC irc.vinuxproject.org #Vinux > > > > Unsubscribe from Vinux by emailing > > vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Vinux support forum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to vinux-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > -- > Remember to frequently check our Wiki: http://wiki.vinuxproject.org > Our website: http://
