Many thanks to everyone who contacted me, either directly or through the list.
I now have
plenty of places and ideas to check out to help get my stepfather online. At
the moment,
I'm leaning towards getting him a Mac (since it has a "real" operating system
under the
hood) and a suite of text/
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:21:04 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> By the way, math done by any method other than Braille
> is darn next to useless. Equations in Braille can be formatted
> very much like they are in print and there is a whole Braille
> system for reading and writing math.
Interes
On 03/28/12 15:28, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Jerry wrote:
When it comes to "speech recognition", the only two applications
that seem to work reliably at all levels are "Siri on iPhone 4S"
and "Dragon NaturallySpeaking", neither of which are obviously
available on FreeBSD. I don't believe th
Jerry wrote:
> When it comes to "speech recognition", the only two applications
> that seem to work reliably at all levels are "Siri on iPhone 4S"
> and "Dragon NaturallySpeaking", neither of which are obviously
> available on FreeBSD. I don't believe that there is even a
> *nix/BSD version of "D
Polytropon writes:
> That's correct. However, unlike a Braille readout which
> gives tactile information (through the reader's hands),
> synthetic voice cannot easily accomodate to the reader's
> habits and reading speed. "Scanning text" is not possible
> as the generated voiced text is played in "
Jerry writes:
> >There are a couple of ports that claim to do speech
> > recognition. Does anyone have experience with them?
>
> I sincerely hope you can find a truly useful application to suit
> your needs.
In my case, it's "want", not "need".
(But that's the "want" o
On 03/27/12 20:41, Jerry wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400
Robert Huff articulated:
Polytropon writes:
Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the
system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning
curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading fr
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:50:06 -0400
Robert Huff articulated:
>
> Polytropon writes:
>
> > Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the
> > system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning
> > curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a
> > Braille ou
Polytropon writes:
> Speech recognition requires training. Both the user and the
> system have to learn from each other. But you have a learning
> curve everywhere, be it typing, talking, or reading from a
> Braille output.
In the case of speech recognition, that's a curve many might
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:21:08 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> The easiest and most economical interface for computer
> users who are blind is spoken speach.
That's correct. However, unlike a Braille readout which
gives tactile information (through the reader's hands),
synthetic voice cannot
Martin McCormick wrote:
> There may be several people on this list who are blind,
> meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that
> description so I will gladly try to answer questions which
...
Hi Martin, cc questions@
Might you be prepared to write a page for the FreeBSD
There may be several people on this list who are blind,
meaning no usable vision to see a screen. I definitely fit that
description so I will gladly try to answer questions which
breaks my usual practice here of asking beginner-level questions
even though I have been using FreeBSD for almos
On 26/03/12 11:12, Da Rock wrote:
O
I'm going to have to dredge up my copy and check that out - it sounds
very interesting primarily because the techniques could be easily
adapted here :P
On version 6; not sure if it came earlier.
Keith
--
Sent from Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
Debia
On 03/26/12 19:32, Keith McKenzie wrote:
On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
> Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and
he wants my advice
> about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
information on hardware
> and/or software for him. How
On 25/03/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
> Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he
wants my advice
> about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
information on hardware
> and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this
Op 26 maart 2012 09:42 heeft Arthur Chance het
volgende geschreven:
> On 03/25/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
>>
>> Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he
>> wants my advice
>> about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
>> information on ha
On 03/25/12 23:33, Barbara La Scala wrote:
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my
advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information
on hardware
and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this list
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:33:05 +1100, Barbara La Scala wrote:
> Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants
> my advice
> about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for
> information on hardware
> and/or software for him. However, I vaguely rememb
Apologies for the off topic posting but my stepfather is blind and he wants my
advice
about how to get online. I have no idea where to start looking for information
on hardware
and/or software for him. However, I vaguely remember someone on this list
saying they
were visually impaired. If I'm r
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