Re: Fall back to other OS land... just for now, I hope
- From: Charlie Kravetz <cjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:37:01 -0600
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 19:24 -0400, Brian Lunergan wrote:
Greetings all:Brian,
Found I had to return to the holdings of Lord William of Redmond for now.
There are disability issues behind that move that make extended keyboard
time difficult and sometimes downright painful. On this side of the pond it
tends to be labelled with the oversimplification of repetitive strain
injury. Any Brits on the list may have heard it referred to as 'work
related upper limb disorder."
I would like to try Ubuntu/Kubuntu again but I have some questions I need
answers to so conclusions can be drawn.
1) When I did try this first time it appears text to speech is well
covered. That's not my problem. Heresy though it may be to want to use
Linux but not be in love with the CLI approach to doing things, I need
speech to text options for the time when mouse and microphone may be more
functional input devices than the keyboard. XP has software such as the
Dragon Naturally Speaking series. Is there anything similar for Linux in
general, and Ubuntu in particular?
2) On the off-chance a mixed setup is more practical, is this Wubi
installer available in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu? Is it stable to use or
should I be thinking of a more conventional dual boot setup? Object being
to use XP with speech rec capability and the things XP does well, and Linux
for when keyboard (if speech rec is not available for Linux) is workable.
Regards...
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Nepean, Ontario
Canada
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Several of us depend on the availability of Assistive Technology in
Ubuntu due to disability. It's usually in the menu under Universal
Access. For some it is sticky keys, for some it is speech, for some it
is trackballs. For some it is too difficult a road to travel. Perhaps at
a later time, you will come back to us.
For some information on help available, see my websites,
http://keepingdreams.com and http://teamcharliesangels.com
good luck,
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Charlie Kravetz
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Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com]
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