I'm already on the list. :) I await those links! :)
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> Sounds great! Thanks. Please join our list in oder to receive download
> links when they bec
Sounds great! Thanks. Please join our list in oder to receive download
links when they become available.
Thanks,
Fernando
On 04/30/2017 03:22 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
I have a Braille display, so I could test.
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No problem. Since our work will be based on ARCH, there is a good chance
that what has been done for other distros will also work on ours.
Fernando
On 05/01/2017 04:09 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
[Fernando]
[...]
Our focus is usually on keeping things very low-cost, in
[Fernando]
[...]
> Our focus is usually on keeping things very low-cost, in order to get great
> technology into the hands of the blind in developing countries. Since
> Braille displays are so expensive, we have not done |Braille in the past.
>
> But we could change this if we could get contribu
I have a Braille display, so I could test.
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> Hi Lars,
>
> Our focus is usually on keeping things very low-cost, in order to get
> great technology
Hi Lars,
Our focus is usually on keeping things very low-cost, in order to get
great technology into the hands of the blind in developing countries.
Since Braille displays are so expensive, we have not done |Braille in
the past.
But we could change this if we could get contributors who care
Yep, I totally agree.
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> In all fairness, how often does a complaint of copyright, patent, or
> trademark infringement come from the actual author,
In all fairness, how often does a complaint of copyright, patent, or
trademark infringement come from the actual author, inventor, artist,
etc. who created the work in question? Best I can tell, complaints of
infringement almost always come from the executives of the publisher,
most of whom had not
Thank you for the link!!
Al
On 4/29/2017 8:23 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
The reason that I only work within the public domain is because of the
misconception that copyright monopolies are the only means by which
artists and authors may be paid for their work. However, this is
I don't use emacs, and so have no interest in emacspeak, and maybe my
opinion would be different if I used braille, but while I comprehend
the need for well developed braille and speech tools and the ability
for these tools to work together for users who use both, I personally
prefer that braille a
No, probably not. Emacspeak is audio only. Sometimes I like that,
sometimes I don’t.
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> [Fernando]
>
> Lars Bjørndal here
>
>> Agreed. We p
Tony Baechler here.
I think you're looking at this the wrong way. Producing an audiobook is
easy. Even if a company had to be hired, it wouldn't cost too much. Oh, it
wouldn't be cheap, but I don't think it would be outrageously expensive
either. Amazon owns Audible and ACX who produces them.
[Fernando]
Lars Bjørndal here
> Agreed. We plan to address that by giving people the ability to open an
> instance of X with a GUI browser.
With braille support?
Lars
> On 04/29/2017 11:55 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > The biggest problem that I see, with Emacspeak alone, i
The reason that I only work within the public domain is because of the
misconception that copyright monopolies are the only means by which
artists and authors may be paid for their work. However, this is a myth
that has been propagated since the copyright monopoly was originally
decreed by the
Oh wow, thanks. I'll be looking forward to using f123e when it's
available and ready for usage! I’m probably gonna be best at
proof reading documents though, since I’m very new to actually
using Emacs+Emacspeak full time.
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Agreed. We plan to address that by giving people the ability to open an
instance of X with a GUI browser.
No tool will have everything, but Linux gives us enough flexibility to
make-up for the short-comings of text browsers.
Fernando
On 04/29/2017 11:55 AM, Linux for blind general discussio
The biggest problem that I see, with Emacspeak alone, is web access. For
now, as far as I know, that is no way to, say, browse Facebook
within Emacs. Try it. Besides that, Emacs is fine for me, as a
non-programmer with time to learn interfaces.
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Well, I am going to try to do just that. Although the focus will not be
very small children, I am hoping to help teenagers and older, together
with giving them access to a Raspberry Pi computer, get into the world
of Linux.
Once I get started with the content side of things, I will be sure to
Yeah, it's already a challenge to keep documentation aimed at power
users up to date without the added difficulty of making it
comprehendible to the new user in a way that doesn't come across as
condescending, but once you have the content, it's trivial to
distribute it in every major document form
Yes, it will be hard. Documentation for Linux is pretty sparse, finding
stuff on accessibility is even harder. But, if it falls on my
shoulders, I will try.
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Thanks.
btw, I think the true challenge here is actually producing the content
for the book. Good quality content is not easy to collect and edit. Once
that is achieved though, finding someone to publish or self-publishing
it should be comparatively easy.
Fernando
On 04/29/2017 05:44 AM
Thanks for the clarification about the National Braille Press.
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I don't see the full thread below, but if you're talking about the
National Braille Press, they also offer books in other formats, such as
text, Word and DAISY. An audio book could still be produced though. I
just wanted to point out that the NBP doesn't mean just braille.
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Well, there's always the NLS, lol. Or, you could try and get Learning
ally on board, or even Bookshare for the Braille/Daisyey formats.,
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On a related note, is there any non-profit/government agency that
deals with making audiobooks that might could be talked into
converting such a ""Linux for (blind) newbies" into an audiobook? A
braille edition should exist for completeness sake and because audio
isn't viable for the blind deaf, bu
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I'm sorry. You'll have to go to, I think, [[http://www.nbp.org][the
website]] to get more information and contact them that way, or
find Ana G on the eyes free email list, about Android.
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Do you or anybody else here know someone at the National Braille Press?
it would be interesting to talk with someone there about their criteria
for taking on a new book project.
Fernando
On 04/29/2017 02:59 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
One idea that just popped into my mi
One idea that just popped into my mind is this: Make a sort of book on
using Linux, and let the National Braille Press have it. After
all, they worked with some one on a book for Android users too,
so why not Linux as well?
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Tony Baechler here.
On 4/28/2017 6:20 AM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
Now that I think about it, I have no idea what the mixture of "blind
from birth/a young age" and "blinded as an adult" is on this list, and
I would imagine these groups would have very different perspectives. I
m
Now that I think about it, I have no idea what the mixture of "blind
from birth/a young age" and "blinded as an adult" is on this list, and
I would imagine these groups would have very different perspectives. I
myself was blinded in the right eye before I could form memories, but
my left eye was go
Ah crap, gotta find an accessible screen recorder! I used to use one,
GTK recordmydesktop, on arch, but I’m not sure where it went.
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> Tony
Tony Baechler here.
On 4/27/2017 3:34 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
I think it's fair to say that, for Linux to ever break into the
mainstream, we need mainstream PC makers and PC retailers to commit to
offering machines that come pre-installed with Linux and not hide
their Linux
"... That said, there is a machine coming that may be even better in
the future, as there is talk of RISC-V, which is a fully free and open
processor architecture that has the potential to be more powerful than
anything we've seen up to now. I'm watching this very closely."
I'd like to check
Le 28/04/2017 à 01:20, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> The computers I use are ARM-based. One is based around an ARMv7 8-core
> 32-bit processor, and the other is based around an aarch64, (ARMv8)
> 64-bit quad-core processor. Both run from removable eMMC flash storage
> has a capac
The computers I use are ARM-based. One is based around an ARMv7 8-core
32-bit processor, and the other is based around an aarch64, (ARMv8)
64-bit quad-core processor. Both run from removable eMMC flash storage
has a capacity of 64GB on the 32-bit machine and 128GB on the 64-bit
machine. Either
I think it's fair to say that, for Linux to ever break into the
mainstream, we need mainstream PC makers and PC retailers to commit to
offering machines that come pre-installed with Linux and not hide
their Linux offerings where only those specifically looking for Linux
will find it.
Problem is, r
Le 27/04/2017 à 22:04, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> According to Jean-Philippe MENGUAL:
> # That is why I think we should have pre-installed Linux computers, new,
> but to a typical Mac price.
>
> Not at all. I for one don't want to have to pay the ridiculous price of
> a Mac,
According to Jean-Philippe MENGUAL:
# That is why I think we should have pre-installed Linux computers, new,
but to a typical Mac price.
Not at all. I for one don't want to have to pay the ridiculous price of
a Mac, and adding to the price certainly doesn't add to the value of the
computer, n
There's a company called System76 that appears to sell computers with
Ubuntu already installed. I think the URL is
https://system76.com
though I just used
www.system76.com
You should also be able to find at least laptops via the Free Software
Foundation site, and on these both the hardware
Hi, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL here.
The problem, I think, is that any kind of install of operating system will no
fit most users who just want to consume computing. And the problem is double:
1. Pre-installed Linux computers are rarely new, but often kept from companies
and repackaged, and sold low-
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