I have heard and would think it possible that emacs would be the best interface for a blind person. mike
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Billy Crook [email protected] wrote:
I have heard at least two blind GNU users state that they have used JAWS, and the switched to gnome's ORCA screen reader, and found it to be substantially better. Any GNOME based distro should be fine so long as she sticks with GTK-based apps. Specifically Orca takes queues from the GTK window layout framework which do not exist in KDE or non-gtk windows. Nothing is going to be perfect. Especially when someone is looking for an excuse to complain about it, but Orca is supposed to be pretty darn good.
As for dealing with ATT? See if a mention of the ADA to ATT support's supervisors makes ATT support more eager to help. The ADA entitles any disabled person to rain sulfur and brimstone down upon any business that doesn't bend over backwards to placate the handicapped.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 13:10, Haworth, Michael A. [email protected] wrote:
she is extremely leery of change (primarily because of her lack of
vision)
I would encourage you to disregard that. Everyone who is leery of change will find some justification to be leery of change. Many blind people have found Orca superior to Jaws. And take this chance to get her away from using ISP-provided email for heavens sake. Don't present things as an option, and people won't choose to be leery of them. _______________________________________________ KCLUG mailing list [email protected] http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug