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

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? Richard Horobin. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mai

introduction

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 o