Ann,
Thanks for your comparison between Emacspeak on Linux and a screen
reader on Windows, which I'm copying to some other lists I think would
be interested.

Regards,
Jamal

On Wed, 5 May 1999, Ann K. Parsons wrote:

> Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 12:58:30 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Emacspeak List <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Info/eval for Jamal
>
> Hi Jamal,
>
> It is hard to be objective about something which has enabled one to
> navigate through the Internet with ease and competence and speed,
> however I will try.
>
> First of all, let me talk about speed.  I have been able to go through
> mail, answer, forward, and resend and attach files in half the time it
> took me in Windows.
>
> Second let me talk about ease of navigation.  I have been able to
> access web pages which were closed to me.  I am able to fill out many
> forms on the web, and I am able to read frames and tables with ease.
>
> Third, In editing and reviewing text, Emacspeak is comparable if not
> superior to other speech systems, mainly because it uses auditory and
> not visual cues to help a person navigate through text.  As an
> example, I used to have a devil of a time forwarding messages to a
> listserve in order to get the sender approved.  I don't have to do
> that any more.  There are four places in the message where there is
> either a greater-than sign or a line of dashes.  These are demarkated
> by a beep from my computer.  All I need to do is go down to the line
> under the forth beep.  A sighted person sees the line of dashes and
> puts the cursor where it belongs.
>
> when I read students' papers, I can tell if they've indented their
> paragraphs and I can tell about capatalization too.
>
> Frankly, the best part about Linux and Emacspeak is that I can truly
> multitask without the fear that something's going to crash.  That is
> peace of mind.  *That* is priceless.  Frankly, Jamal, after spending
> hundreds and hundreds of dollars on an unstable, bug ridden operating
> system, I can't be objective when I see the vast improvement in my
> productivity.  It's just that simple.
>
> Ann P.
>
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