[Hudlug] meeting on july 4th

[Tim Schofield]

Michael,

Other people here will be able to assist you with info on the meetings, but I have had experience setting up gnopernicus, for a visually impaired friend of mine, and would be happy to give any help, if you need it.

Thanks
Tim Schofield


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MICHAEL WEAVER [mailto:michaelweaver1 at btinternet.com] 
> Sent: 23 June 2005 11:56
> To: hudlug at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Hudlug] meeting on july 4th
> 
> 
> Hi!
> I am a newby to Linux and to this mailinglist and to the lug 
> in general. I have been trying to get in touch with Vox Bar 
> about the forthcoming 
> meeting only nobody appears to be taking calls because the 
> phone just rings 
> without being answered.
> I am trying to enquire about the meetings, costs for 
> attending etc and to 
> confirm a time because my father offered to bring me to the 
> first meeting if 
> I was interested because I am Visually Impaired and need some 
> advice as to 
> where to go as to get started using Linux.
> I know about the access software, Speakup, Emacspeak, Brailettry and 
> Gnopernicus which is the only graphical screenreader as KDE 
> isn't supported 
> by speech as yet, (sorry about my spellings of the last two 
> pieces of access 
> technology) and I have read information about Linux but am in 
> the dark as to 
> where to start, what distribution I should use and maybe 
> trying to get 
> information about my computer to find out if it will run 
> under Linux. A friend of mine who is a member of the Hereford 
> Lug who used to go to the 
> same Blind School in Worcester as me suggested I ran Ubunchu with 
> Gnopernicus as I don't have a Braille display and don't have 
> my hardware 
> synthesiser at my flat as have lost my connector for it which 
> plugs into the 
> serial port at the back.
> Could anyone possibly email me back or call me with some 
> useful information? 53 Roundwood Avenue Dalton Huddersfield 
> HD5 9YQ tel 01484 311939 Mobile 07976222425 
> 
> 
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