Very exciting! Well done, you guys! Console speech just works?! Very impressive!
I am very eager to try this out. Has anyone, by any chance, gun emacspeak to work on it? Best regards, Alex M Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Rob Whyte <fu...@thefudge.net> wrote: > The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of Vinux 4.0 CD > and DVD images. > > This is the first Vinux release featuring the Unity-2d Desktop which > improves on transition to Vinux and introduces newer and increasingly > stable accessibility features. > We now recommend that when possible users perform updates on a regular > basis. This will enable the Vinux team to update packages, and introduce > new features. > > Some of the highlights in Vinux 4.0: > Brand new build process: Vinux now uses the same method to produce our > images as Cannonical produces Ubuntu. > Console speech just works. Much time and work has taken place to meet > our blueprint goal > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/vinux/+spec/vinux-4-functional-console-screen-reader > Voxin is easy to set-up. Vinux has taken one step further in making > Voxin easier to install. > Quantal kernel: We are using a newer 3.5 kernel back ported to Precise > offering better hardware support than ever. > Classic menu. Vinux now has a Classic menu indicator which provides the > old style menu whilst in a Unity environment. > Vinux wiki. Our community is highly committed to providing clear and > easy to follow documentation. http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/ > Vinux easy install scripts converted to meta packages. > Pico voices. We are shipping with the Pico voices once again. > > Fixes: > Images now work on optical and USB media instead of separate builds in > the past. > Weather indicator fixed, previously stopped working due to API changes. > Gnome login sound fixed, Ubuntu set to be disabled by default. > Fresh and clean sound theme added. > PC speaker beep removed from blacklist, console users can again use it. > Console branding. Vinux will identify itself at a virtual terminal and > upon login offer tips of the day. > Flite and Pico now available as separate packages. > Cicero moved to a separate package also, will stop loss of speech from > the curious. > Revised keyboard shortcuts. > > Software: > unity-2d 5.14 > LibreOffice 3.5.7 <DVD only> > Speech-dispatcher 0.8 > Gnome-orca 3.4.2 > Espeak 1.47 > Firefox 21.0 > Thunderbird 17.0 > Cry for help, remote assistance by Vinux gurus. > Just to mention a few. > > Known bugs: > The indicator panel is not accessible from Firefox and Thunderbird. > Console speech has been completed, but it probably needs some stability > improvement. > > Availability: > Vinux 4.0 is now available in the AMD64 and i386 architectures and > available in both CD and DVD versions. > > DVD: > This contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system > and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually impaired > users. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. > > CD: > This also contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating > system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually > impaired users. Use this image if you can only burn and use CD-sized media. > > Vinux 4.0 can be installed from optical media or from a USB memory > stick. The required files can be downloaded via HTTP as described below. > > Support: > The Vinux development team currently plans on supporting 4.0 until June > 2015. > 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 > > Acknowledgments: > Rob Whyte, Vinux project manager. > Mobeen Iqbal. website manager, Vinux project manager from October 2011 > till May 2013. > Luke Yelavich. Development team leader. > Bill Taylor. Testing team leader. > The Vinux team would also like to thank Christopher Chaltain, Kendell > Clark, Burt Henry and members of the Vinux support mailing list for > their ongoing support. > > MD5 Checksums: > fb79a7174f207ae5ff8a908d58c60363 *vinux-4.0-desktop-amd64.iso > b4e3ca80f16be3991db19261c663bda9 *vinux-4.0-desktop-i386.iso > 2a5089976a0991aee516a14ff080b384 *vinux-4.0-dvd-amd64.iso > 14e38b9701e388a45a5e4849323388be *vinux-4.0-dvd-i386.iso > > Downloading Vinux: > The Vinux downloads page has links to our provided mirrors, the fastest > speeds will be atained by chooseing the Sourceforge mirror. > http://vinuxproject.org/downloads/ > > Thank you for supporting Vinux. > > Kind regards > Rob Whyte > > _______________________________________________ > orca-list mailing list > orca-l...@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca. > The manual is at > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
