Warrl wrote:

My sister has a really bad tremor in her hands (a genetic defect which I share, plus some physical damage which I am very happy to have missed) and the use of the keyboard or mouse is problematic for her at times. Speech recognition (uses microphone port and signal-processing capabilities of sound card) makes it possible for her to use the computer when she needs to, not just when her body is behaving.

Her son is legally blind, so having the computer speak to him (there's that sound card again!) is really helpful.

the new 2.4 is said to have sound support at a very early level (bootup messages). This is going to be a big bonus for accessibility. Another thought is Blinux that comes to my mind. I dont know what it actually does but as the name tells it has the visually impaired user in mind. I guess it offers support for Braille. Does anybody have experience with Speech Recognition under Linux ? I'd like to hear about it since I'm a _very_ lazy person :-) just my .02 again ciao sasa -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/