Hello.
I think the irlp program would work on other systems but
I think to get any support from the irlp people you have to run what they 
send you in the packaged software.
I can't remember for sure what node this was I was connected to but I did 
have a discussion with a sysop that said he did not have any screen 
connected to his linux box nor a keyboard and he used some kind of remote 
software to access his system.
He was not a blind operater so I didn't go into much discussion about screen 
readers or the layout of the programs he was using on his xp machine.
I think he used two different remote access software packages to make 
changes to his linux box but I can't remember what the names of the software 
was.
Maybe some one on here knows what I am talking about and can fill us in.
One of the software packages he used was for going into his system and 
making changes to audio settings now that I think on it but again I don't 
know what the other software package was and I can't remember what he did 
with it.
kk4ql Tracy.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 14:13
Subject: Re: i r l p and echo link


hello,
I am not about to ask the irlp people this but being a want to do this at
some point too, I'm wondering if the board they sell would work with
slackware or debian or something that has speech, i mean they say you have
to use what they send but, i don't see why you would absolutely have to, I
would be interested to know too about using slackware instead with the board
or, i may just say to heck with it and try it when the time comes
matt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Son" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 1:56 PM
Subject: i r l p and echo link


> Hello.
> I know there are some blind hams out there who are successfully running
> echo
> link nodes and I would like to know if there are any blind hams running i
> r
> l p nodes as well?
> I r l p runs on linux and this I know could pose an access problem for the
> computer users trying to set up an i r l p node.
> As far as I know the trimmed down version of linux that one recieves when
> setting up an i r l p node does not have any speech and so how does one
> get
> around this problem?
>
> I know at one time in a discussion with an i r l p node sysop, I found out
> that his linux computer did not have a screen or keyboard connected and
> that
> he was using a termenal type program on an xp machine to remotely access
> his
> linux computer to make sound card adjustments and change other settings on
> the linux machine.
> I wondered right then if those windows programs were accessable to screen
> readers.
> basically if any one here is running an i r l p node I want to know how
> you
> do it as a blind sysop.
> At some future date I may be intrested in doing this.
> I know Echolink is a little easyer to deal with but I like a little bit of
> a
> chalange.
> Tracy kk4ql.
>



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