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Computer technology for the visually impaired.
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linux newsreader
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Anyone on the group using linux for reading newsgroups? Used slrn a while ago but looking at other options. Thanks
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recording films
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Does anyone know if there is a way of recording films or programmes from Sky to a PC? I ask because at the moment I am having to consider investing in a Sky Plus box which will cost me something like 200 pounds as I can't seem to be able to get my DVD Recorder to record off anything other than the standard... more »
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vinux site has bandwidth now....
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A while back there was a thread mentioning the vinux project/linux tweaked to come up talking for the blind among us, but when I went there and tried to down-load it was slower than .gov paying down its debt. I got best speeds of 2/4 KB per sec, and even with an accelerator making up to ten connections on my good isp at home rarely got over 20 KB and... more »
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Screen Reader Survey
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Do you rely on a screen reader to access websites? If so, I need your help. My name is Paula and I am a fourth year student studying Internet Software Development at Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland. As part of my final year, I have to complete a research project, for which I have chosen to investigate the issues faced by screen reader... more »
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Home-recording of audio book - seeking suggestions or tips
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Hello! I'm an aspiring science-fiction author, and I've decided that the best way for me to tell my stories is to just speak them out loud. That gave me the idea to publish them as audio books on the web first, before having them transcribed to text format. I'm sure there are methods and formula that book readers use when... more »
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maybe OT - small portable VGA monitor (and/or VGA glasses)
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This is _probably_ off-topic, but I had a feeling someone here _might_ know: .. . I was visiting a new blind friend this evening. Her living companion is (moderately) sighted, but extremely deaf, more or less beyond aids; the blind friend normally communicates with her by writing something on her palm with her fingers, which is slow. Sometimes she types on a... more »
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I see my posts made it/extra fwd'ed msgs....
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I just received my google groups e-mailed copy of msgs posted on this group, and see that indeed my linux post, and next to the last t-bird review post made it. I looked five minutes before I tried to fwd them from sent newsgroup msgs folder, and nothing showed up on Albasani. I have been getting _most of the new msgs fine, but 2 from Chris have also... more »
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I can't find your msg to reply Chris....new thread....narrator-thunder
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Chris, I read your posts on the e-mailed new posts that google groups sends me for this group, but can't find either post relating to thunder with t-bird. Don't know if albansani.net doesn't have them yet, or if I or thunderbird have probs...(problems relating to this post...grin....) Firstly; I checked on thunder a couple of days back, down-loaded it, but... more »
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installing ubuntu
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I am trying to install the latest Ubuntu on my Toshiba laptop. I tried going the Wubi way to install it as for some reason I just can't seem to be able to just put the CD in and boot into the Live Ubuntu. The Wubi installer gives me buttons ie for running demo Ubuntu but nothing seems to be happening when I click it or finish and I don't seem to be able... more »
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