Listen and Learn Recordings

During this short guide we demonstrate and provide instructions for using the Talks screen reader for S60 mobile phones on the Internet. We browse to a number of websites, look at searching and show that navigating by headings and links is very easy.

This was one of the first recordings to be posted to LALRecordings.com and may now be considered slightly out of date as since that time many improvements and enhancements have been made to accessibility and usability of the Linux operating system thanks to the efferts of the Orca developers. However, this will give you a very good idea of just some of the capabilities of this system and should help demonstrate that the Orca screen reader running on Linux is a viable alternative to users who are visually impaired or Blind. During this review, we demonstrate web browsing using Firefox, word processing using Open Office, Email using Evolution and instant messaging using Pidgin.

The KSonar is a device that uses Sonar to detect objects in much the way a sonar device would on a boat. It is a hand held device that has been designed for indeviduals who are Blind as a mobility aid. It can be used in certain situations independently but easily clips onto a cain to extend the functionality of that traditional mobility aid. It can also be used in conjunction with a Guide dog to provide more information to users who are navigating unusual environments.

During this review, you will be introduced to the features of the Jawter Twitter client for Jaws for Windows. The first of it's kind, these scripts are an add on to Jaws that extend it's functionality so that it becomes in essence a powerful Twitter client that can be used from any application in Windows once Jaws is running.