From fudge at thefudge.net Sat Jun 1 02:02:15 2013 From: fudge at thefudge.net (Rob Whyte) Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:02:15 +1000 Subject: Vinux 4.0 now released Message-ID: <51A95627.1000309@thefudge.net> The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of Vinux 4.0 CD and DVD images. This is the first Vinux release featuring the Unity-2d Desktop which improves on transition to Vinux and introduces newer and increasingly stable accessibility features. We now recommend that when possible users perform updates on a regular basis. This will enable the Vinux team to update packages, and introduce new features. Some of the highlights in Vinux 4.0: Brand new build process: Vinux now uses the same method to produce our images as Cannonical produces Ubuntu. Console speech just works. Much time and work has taken place to meet our blueprint goal https://blueprints.launchpad.net/vinux/+spec/vinux-4-functional-console-screen-reader Voxin is easy to set-up. Vinux has taken one step further in making Voxin easier to install. Quantal kernel: We are using a newer 3.5 kernel back ported to Precise offering better hardware support than ever. Classic menu. Vinux now has a Classic menu indicator which provides the old style menu whilst in a Unity environment. Vinux wiki. Our community is highly committed to providing clear and easy to follow documentation. http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/ Vinux easy install scripts converted to meta packages. Pico voices. We are shipping with the Pico voices once again. Fixes: Images now work on optical and USB media instead of separate builds in the past. Weather indicator fixed, previously stopped working due to API changes. Gnome login sound fixed, Ubuntu set to be disabled by default. Fresh and clean sound theme added. PC speaker beep removed from blacklist, console users can again use it. Console branding. Vinux will identify itself at a virtual terminal and upon login offer tips of the day. Flite and Pico now available as separate packages. Cicero moved to a separate package also, will stop loss of speech from the curious. Revised keyboard shortcuts. Software: unity-2d 5.14 LibreOffice 3.5.7 Speech-dispatcher 0.8 Gnome-orca 3.4.2 Espeak 1.47 Firefox 21.0 Thunderbird 17.0 Cry for help, remote assistance by Vinux gurus. Just to mention a few. Known bugs: The indicator panel is not accessible from Firefox and Thunderbird. Console speech has been completed, but it probably needs some stability improvement. Availability: Vinux 4.0 is now available in the AMD64 and i386 architectures and available in both CD and DVD versions. DVD: This contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually impaired users. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. CD: This also contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually impaired users. Use this image if you can only burn and use CD-sized media. Vinux 4.0 can be installed from optical media or from a USB memory stick. The required files can be downloaded via HTTP as described below. Support: The Vinux development team currently plans on supporting 4.0 until June 2015. Our mailing list has a supportive community on Google groups at http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support or you can subscribe by sending an email to vinux-support+subscribe at googlegroups.com Acknowledgments: Rob Whyte, Vinux project manager. Mobeen Iqbal. website manager, Vinux project manager from October 2011 till May 2013. Luke Yelavich. Development team leader. Bill Taylor. Testing team leader. The Vinux team would also like to thank Christopher Chaltain, Kendell Clark, Burt Henry and members of the Vinux support mailing list for their ongoing support. MD5 Checksums: fb79a7174f207ae5ff8a908d58c60363 *vinux-4.0-desktop-amd64.iso b4e3ca80f16be3991db19261c663bda9 *vinux-4.0-desktop-i386.iso 2a5089976a0991aee516a14ff080b384 *vinux-4.0-dvd-amd64.iso 14e38b9701e388a45a5e4849323388be *vinux-4.0-dvd-i386.iso Downloading Vinux: The Vinux downloads page has links to our provided mirrors, the fastest speeds will be atained by chooseing the Sourceforge mirror. http://vinuxproject.org/downloads/ Thank you for supporting Vinux. Kind regards Rob Whyte From ptorpey at rochester.rr.com Sat Jun 1 12:32:38 2013 From: ptorpey at rochester.rr.com (Peter torpey) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 08:32:38 -0400 Subject: Podcast on Vinux 4.0 - an interview with Rob Whyte References: Message-ID: <002301ce5ec4$1a52fb90$4ef8f2b0$@rr.com> Listen to an interview with Rob Whyte about the new Vinux release on Eyes On Success, a half hour weekly radio show / podcast which covers a wide variety of topics of interest to the visually impaired. Below are links to the show and associated show notes as well as links to the web page where you can learn more about Eyes On Success, subscribe to the podcast, and join our listener forum. 1322 Vinux 4.0 (May 29, 2013) Show Notes Vinux is a version of the Linux operating system that has been optimized for the needs of blind and low vision users. Vinux provides two screen-readers, screen magnification, many other features and support for USB Braille displays. Join hosts Nancy and Peter Torpey as they speak with Rob Whyte of the Vinux project about what's new in their latest release, Vinux 4.0 . FYI we also did an episode a while back which featured the original developers of Vinux. Below are the links and a brief description for that episode: 1136 9-7-2011 Vinux - accessible operating system Show Notes Hosts Peter Torpey and Nancy Goodman Torpey devote this entire show to Vinux, a fully accessible and easy to use computer operating system. Besides describing how it works, they interview two of its creators and explain how you can get involved in follow-on improvements, updates and upgrades. 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URL: From fudge at thefudge.net Sat Jun 1 01:41:49 2013 From: fudge at thefudge.net (Rob Whyte) Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:41:49 +1000 Subject: Vinux 4.0 now released Message-ID: <51A9515D.2050403@thefudge.net> The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of Vinux 4.0 CD and DVD images. This is the first Vinux release featuring the Unity-2d Desktop which improves on transition to Vinux and introduces newer and increasingly stable accessibility features. We now recommend that when possible users perform updates on a regular basis. This will enable the Vinux team to update packages, and introduce new features. Some of the highlights in Vinux 4.0: Brand new build process: Vinux now uses the same method to produce our images as Cannonical produces Ubuntu. Console speech just works. Much time and work has taken place to meet our blueprint goal https://blueprints.launchpad.net/vinux/+spec/vinux-4-functional-console-screen-reader Voxin is easy to set-up. Vinux has taken one step further in making Voxin easier to install. Quantal kernel: We are using a newer 3.5 kernel back ported to Precise offering better hardware support than ever. Classic menu. Vinux now has a Classic menu indicator which provides the old style menu whilst in a Unity environment. Vinux wiki. Our community is highly committed to providing clear and easy to follow documentation. http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/ Vinux easy install scripts converted to meta packages. Pico voices. We are shipping with the Pico voices once again. Fixes: Images now work on optical and USB media instead of separate builds in the past. Weather indicator fixed, previously stopped working due to API changes. Gnome login sound fixed, Ubuntu set to be disabled by default. Fresh and clean sound theme added. PC speaker beep removed from blacklist, console users can again use it. Console branding. Vinux will identify itself at a virtual terminal and upon login offer tips of the day. Flite and Pico now available as separate packages. Cicero moved to a separate package also, will stop loss of speech from the curious. Revised keyboard shortcuts. Software: unity-2d 5.14 LibreOffice 3.5.7 Speech-dispatcher 0.8 Gnome-orca 3.4.2 Espeak 1.47 Firefox 21.0 Thunderbird 17.0 Cry for help, remote assistance by Vinux gurus. Just to mention a few. Known bugs: The indicator panel is not accessible from Firefox and Thunderbird. Console speech has been completed, but it probably needs some stability improvement. Availability: Vinux 4.0 is now available in the AMD64 and i386 architectures and available in both CD and DVD versions. DVD: This contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually impaired users. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. CD: This also contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually impaired users. Use this image if you can only burn and use CD-sized media. Vinux 4.0 can be installed from optical media or from a USB memory stick. The required files can be downloaded via HTTP as described below. Support: The Vinux development team currently plans on supporting 4.0 until June 2015. Our mailing list has a supportive community on Google groups at http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support or you can subscribe by sending an email to vinux-support+subscribe at googlegroups.com Acknowledgments: Rob Whyte, Vinux project manager. Mobeen Iqbal. website manager, Vinux project manager from October 2011 till May 2013. Luke Yelavich. Development team leader. Bill Taylor. Testing team leader. The Vinux team would also like to thank Christopher Chaltain, Kendell Clark, Burt Henry and members of the Vinux support mailing list for their ongoing support. MD5 Checksums: fb79a7174f207ae5ff8a908d58c60363 *vinux-4.0-desktop-amd64.iso b4e3ca80f16be3991db19261c663bda9 *vinux-4.0-desktop-i386.iso 2a5089976a0991aee516a14ff080b384 *vinux-4.0-dvd-amd64.iso 14e38b9701e388a45a5e4849323388be *vinux-4.0-dvd-i386.iso Downloading Vinux: The Vinux downloads page has links to our provided mirrors, the fastest speeds will be atained by chooseing the Sourceforge mirror. http://vinuxproject.org/downloads/ Thank you for supporting Vinux. Kind regards Rob Whyte From alex.midence at gmail.com Sat Jun 1 02:36:04 2013 From: alex.midence at gmail.com (Alex Midence) Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 21:36:04 -0500 Subject: [orca-list] Vinux 4.0 now released In-Reply-To: <51A95627.1000309@thefudge.net> References: <51A95627.1000309@thefudge.net> Message-ID: <5EC31B77-3DB6-4CEC-85B2-CEE42C8627B5@gmail.com> Very exciting! Well done, you guys! Console speech just works?! Very impressive! I am very eager to try this out. Has anyone, by any chance, gun emacspeak to work on it? Best regards, Alex M Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Rob Whyte wrote: > The Vinux team is pleased to announce the availability of Vinux 4.0 CD > and DVD images. > > This is the first Vinux release featuring the Unity-2d Desktop which > improves on transition to Vinux and introduces newer and increasingly > stable accessibility features. > We now recommend that when possible users perform updates on a regular > basis. This will enable the Vinux team to update packages, and introduce > new features. > > Some of the highlights in Vinux 4.0: > Brand new build process: Vinux now uses the same method to produce our > images as Cannonical produces Ubuntu. > Console speech just works. Much time and work has taken place to meet > our blueprint goal > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/vinux/+spec/vinux-4-functional-console-screen-reader > Voxin is easy to set-up. Vinux has taken one step further in making > Voxin easier to install. > Quantal kernel: We are using a newer 3.5 kernel back ported to Precise > offering better hardware support than ever. > Classic menu. Vinux now has a Classic menu indicator which provides the > old style menu whilst in a Unity environment. > Vinux wiki. Our community is highly committed to providing clear and > easy to follow documentation. http://wiki.vinuxproject.org/ > Vinux easy install scripts converted to meta packages. > Pico voices. We are shipping with the Pico voices once again. > > Fixes: > Images now work on optical and USB media instead of separate builds in > the past. > Weather indicator fixed, previously stopped working due to API changes. > Gnome login sound fixed, Ubuntu set to be disabled by default. > Fresh and clean sound theme added. > PC speaker beep removed from blacklist, console users can again use it. > Console branding. Vinux will identify itself at a virtual terminal and > upon login offer tips of the day. > Flite and Pico now available as separate packages. > Cicero moved to a separate package also, will stop loss of speech from > the curious. > Revised keyboard shortcuts. > > Software: > unity-2d 5.14 > LibreOffice 3.5.7 > Speech-dispatcher 0.8 > Gnome-orca 3.4.2 > Espeak 1.47 > Firefox 21.0 > Thunderbird 17.0 > Cry for help, remote assistance by Vinux gurus. > Just to mention a few. > > Known bugs: > The indicator panel is not accessible from Firefox and Thunderbird. > Console speech has been completed, but it probably needs some stability > improvement. > > Availability: > Vinux 4.0 is now available in the AMD64 and i386 architectures and > available in both CD and DVD versions. > > DVD: > This contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating system > and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually impaired > users. This should be all you need if you can burn and use DVD-sized media. > > CD: > This also contains everything necessary to install the Vinux operating > system and a collection of pre-defined packages aimed at visually > impaired users. Use this image if you can only burn and use CD-sized media. > > Vinux 4.0 can be installed from optical media or from a USB memory > stick. The required files can be downloaded via HTTP as described below. > > Support: > The Vinux development team currently plans on supporting 4.0 until June > 2015. > Our mailing list has a supportive community on Google groups at > http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support or you can subscribe by > sending an email to vinux-support+subscribe at googlegroups.com > > Acknowledgments: > Rob Whyte, Vinux project manager. > Mobeen Iqbal. website manager, Vinux project manager from October 2011 > till May 2013. > Luke Yelavich. Development team leader. > Bill Taylor. Testing team leader. > The Vinux team would also like to thank Christopher Chaltain, Kendell > Clark, Burt Henry and members of the Vinux support mailing list for > their ongoing support. > > MD5 Checksums: > fb79a7174f207ae5ff8a908d58c60363 *vinux-4.0-desktop-amd64.iso > b4e3ca80f16be3991db19261c663bda9 *vinux-4.0-desktop-i386.iso > 2a5089976a0991aee516a14ff080b384 *vinux-4.0-dvd-amd64.iso > 14e38b9701e388a45a5e4849323388be *vinux-4.0-dvd-i386.iso > > Downloading Vinux: > The Vinux downloads page has links to our provided mirrors, the fastest > speeds will be atained by chooseing the Sourceforge mirror. > http://vinuxproject.org/downloads/ > > Thank you for supporting Vinux. > > Kind regards > Rob Whyte > > _______________________________________________ > orca-list mailing list > orca-list at gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca. > The manual is at http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp From casson.david at gmail.com Thu Jun 20 12:38:31 2013 From: casson.david at gmail.com (David Casson) Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:38:31 +0200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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