[ubuntu-uk] Jaws - text to speech

[Rik Boland]

Thank-you Dean.

I hope this package would work with a bed scanner it would save so much 
money over Jaws.

Thank you. I looking fwd to learning more!

Shalom

Rik

Dean Sas wrote:
> Rik Boland wrote:
>   
>> There is a programme named Jaws it runs under windows it will basically 
>> read text from a scanner so it great for people that may be blind or 
>> like me have episodic sight  issue's that affect reading and typing.
>>
>> So there should really be some thing out there can any one suggest 
>> anything please.  This would so help me, as well as perhaps full sight 
>> individuals perhaps students that need to read a lot of books.
>>     
>
> Orca does this and is installed by default. Once you've logged in you
> can hold alt press f2, then type orca and hit return and it should start up.
>
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