Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] alsamixer+ardour and now screen reading
From: Frank Carmickle (frankiec_AT_unforgettable.com)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 20:20:59 EET
Some with out an understanding of such matters in x would say this because
they don't realize that x has so many different toolkits. Windows on the
other hand does not. Also the programs that run under the M$ windows
environment have been worked on for more then 5 years to get ok
performance. For the most part windows screen readers do not speak the
screen very well.
Frank
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, D. R. Holsbeck wrote:
> I once had a customer, at the isp that I worked for, that used windows.
> He was also blind. He used an interpruter that converted the mouse
> position, into audio feedback. He could also read the screen by
> scrolling the mouse over the text. Alot of these same ideas
> could be incorperated into the current interface easier than recreating
> the wheel. Or so it would seem.
>
> > Steve to answer your question x is not a viable solution for us for two
> > reasons. One being that we want to make this usable over the
> > internet. The efficiency of x would be a problem. Second both myself and
> > the engineer who will be mixing this event are blind.
> >
> > Thanks for your contributions everyone.
> >
> > Frank
>
>
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