[Gllug] Vista vs seven

John Edwards john at cornerstonelinux.co.uk
Sun Dec 6 11:50:55 UTC 2009


On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 10:23:24AM +0000, Colin Wright wrote:
> HAHA! Yes I've tried Google someone told me about it the other day.
> Isn't it a maverlouse aparaaaatus... I can only really find manuals on
> these which I have found confusing.  I have posted my questions on
> various forums but no response.

First page on Google when searching for 'orca mailing list' is
the gnome-orca mailing list:
    http://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/

If this the "Orca" you keep talking about?

Try posting there. And please give them more details than you gave us.


> I think it's like I said. These
> programmes don't really work. Thing is it's a bit like trying to install
> and set up Jaws if you are blind - atleast it used to be. You can't. You
> need someone who can see to set it up for you. So I suppose most people
> who use and need screen readers and voice recognition programmes
> wouldn't use Linux because they would need someone who doesn't need to
> use them to set it up for them. That's what I was hoping to do for
> someone but I think it's like I said - these are in theory projects. I
> haven't actually got a response from anyone that has used them -
> probably because they don't work.

It's amazing what conclusions you can reach with a sample size of 1.


ps. Sorry about having to post to the list on this off-topic thread,
but my off-list emails to him were ignored.


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