Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:17:48 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: blind Message-ID: <199708052117.XAA00893@wall.jhs.no_domain>
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A retired ex programmer (Joe McB.) in Munich has gone blind ... Does FreeBSD have any software available to let him work on a Unix box ? He hates DOS, & that's all he's heard of as a base for oral/aural I/O hardware. He's used Minix/Linux/a BSD too, so he'd be OK with FreeBSD. (Another friend tells me a blind sys op recently asked on one of the lists, about avoiding graphical installs, but that's no great problem here, I'd do the install for him, but I'm v. short of time (who isn't ;-) so I'm looking for something quick & dirty & soon, rather than something elegant & time consuming, that I won't have time for. BTW I sent this To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org bcc: ports@freebsd.org, de-bsd-chat@de.freebsd.org bcc: a few local techies ... to avoid mail list cross post followup; also I'm not on freebsd-multimedia@, but am on ports@ (this week anyway, rather busy that list). I'm copying this to a few local computer friends too, so they can contact Joe direct by phone with suggestions, but I'll collate email responses, & convert to a phone call to Joe (+49.89.5027209 Timezone: GMT+01:00) He speaks English & German BTW. If the only solution is to use a DOS box as a front end (I hope not!) I have a spare old box he could maybe have, then again he might need his newer box to run the speach I/O card(s), & the older box for typical command line Unix stuff, but he's short of space where he lives, one (Unix) box would be much better than two. Julian --- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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