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From: Janina Sajka <[log in to unmask]>
Date: October 14, 2006 11:05:54 AM EDT
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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux Screen Reader 0.3.0
My apologies for givving out an incorrect URL for the LSR 0.3.0 rpms.
The correct URL is:
ftp://ftp.rednote.net/fedora/rednote/
The binaries are then in RPMS and the sources in SRPMS.
Again, my apologies for this error and any confusion it may have caused.
Janina Sajka writes:
> We now have rpm packages of LSR 0.3.0 built against Fedora Core 5
> available at:
>
> ftp://ftp.rednote.net/fedora/speakupmodified
>
> As you would expect, the binaries are then under RPMS/ and the sources
> under SRPMS/.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Janina
>
>
> Peter Parente writes:
>> ==============
>> * What is it ?
>> ==============
>>
>> The Linux Screen Reader (LSR) project is an open source effort to
>> develop an extensible assistive technology for the GNOME desktop
>> environment. The goal of the project is to create a reusable
>> development platform for building alternative and supplemental user
>> interfaces in support of people with diverse disabilities.
>>
>> The primary use of the LSR platform is to give people with visual
>> impairments
>> access to the GNOME desktop and its business applications (e.g.
>> Firefox,
>> OpenOffice, Eclipse) using speech, Braille, and screen
>> magnification. The
>> extensions packaged with the LSR core are intended to meet this
>> end. However,
>> LSR's rich support for extensions can be used for a variety of
>> other purposes
>> such as supporting novel input and output devices, improving
>> accessibility for
>> users with other disabilities, enabling multi-modal access to the
>> GNOME
>> desktop, and so forth.
>>
>> ==================
>> * What's changed ?
>> ==================
>>
>> A demonstration of LSR 0.3.0 will be presented at the GNOME
>> Accessibility
>> Summit. A screencast of the demo will be posted on the LSR homepage
>> shortly thereafter. The demo will showcase the latest screen reading
>> features of LSR
>> as well as two prototype interfaces for people with cognitive
>> decline and
>> reading disabilities.
>>
>> For users
>>
>> * The new settings dialog allows for configuration of settings
>> defined by a
>> particular device or script as well as the current user profile.
>> For
>> instance, a user can change their speech synthesizer without
>> restarting LSR.
>> * Settings are now persistent across sessions. More settings will
>> be added
>> in future versions.
>> * New keyboard commands are now available such as reading accessible
>> descriptions, reporting text attributes, routing focus and
>> caret, etc. See
>> the list of defined commands at
>> * The LSR review keys now function on web pages in Firefox 3.0.
>> The FirefoxPerk
>> will grow new commands for rich document navigation in future
>> releases.
>> * The Perk chooser dialog allows users to manually load and unload
>> scripts for
>> the current application. This allows users to dynamically load/
>> unload tool
>> scripts at runtime, kind of like Emacs modes.
>> * DECtalk is now supported through gnome-speech.
>> * SpeechDispatcher is now supported.
>> * A script to better support accessible login has been added.
>> Instructions for
>> configuring Fedora Core to start LSR at login are now available
>> in the LSR
>> FAQ. (http://live.gnome.org/LSR/FrequentlyAskedQuestions)
>>
>> For developers
>>
>> * The developer scripting API has grown a tremendous number of new
>> convenience
>> methods. See the epydoc on the LSR homepage for details.
>> * Three developer monitors now exist in LSR for watching raw
>> accessibility
>> events from at-spi, execution of LSR scripts, and I/O streams to
>> devices.
>> * User configurable settings may now be defined by LSR scripts.
>> The settings
>> dialog automatically generates an accessible user interface for
>> changing
>> their values.
>> * Developers can now add new dialogs and debugging monitors to LSR
>> just as they
>> can add scripts and input/output devices. They're all just
>> extensions to LSR.
>> * The command line interface for managing extensions is now simpler.
>> * Extensions may now be added by the root user and made available
>> system-wide,
>> or added by an unprivileged user and available for his/her use
>> only.
>> * The spec is updated to support the building of relocatable RPMs.
>>
>> Translations
>>
>> * en_GB(David Lodge)
>> * vi(Clytie Siddall)
>> * zh_CN(Funda Wang)
>> * pt_BR(Raphael Higino)
>> * sv(Daniel Nylander)
>>
>> For full details, please see the ChangeLog at
>> http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/lsr/ChangeLog?rev=1.29.
>>
>> For an idea of where LSR is headed next, visit
>> http://live.gnome.org/LSR/Timeline
>>
>> ======================
>> * Where can I get it ?
>> ======================
>>
>> Source code release and contributed packages:
>> http://live.gnome.org/LSR#downloads
>>
>> For more information, visit the LSR home page:
>> http://live.gnome.org/LSR
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>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.595.7777
> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com
>
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