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l0wt3ch
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Posted: Wed 13 Oct 2010, 16:28 Post subject:
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EliteOS emphasizes elegance, simplicity, and ease-of-use. It runs well on older computers, and comes with tools for the physically-challenged and visually-impaired.
EliteOS is based on Puppy Linux 511, and released under the GPL.
Visit the new website at eliteos.ca!
(Note: While it may work with less, it is recommended that EliteOS be used on computers with a minimum of 512 MB of RAM.)
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raffy
Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila
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Posted: Wed 13 Oct 2010, 19:20 Post subject:
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Thanks. Could you tell us about its contents?
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Roy
Joined: 31 Dec 2008 Posts: 452
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Posted: Wed 13 Oct 2010, 23:13 Post subject:
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l0wt3ch,
This is nice! Obviously, you have put a lot of thought into making this.
One quick question, though: Is there a way to allow the user to drag'n'drop a text file onto the desktop speech synthesizer (and it would be automatically read)?
-Roy
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l0wt3ch
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 00:00 Post subject:
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@raffy: Watch the video for a quick introduction.
@Roy: Thank you. As for your question, why, yes, you can!
First, make sure "Read a text file" is selected in Fala:
Then, drag-and-drop the file into the field next to it:
Hope that helps!
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Lobster
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Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 15238 Location: Paradox Realm
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 01:14 Post subject:
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You might find some of the programs used in Twinkle useful (based on Puppy 4.3.1)
http://tmxxine.com/twinkle/setup.html
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l0wt3ch
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 04:18 Post subject:
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New video up at dailymotion.com.
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Ray MK

Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 773 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 06:20 Post subject:
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Hi 10wt3ch
Very nice and running well on my 10yr old laptop. Manual frugal to ext3.
IBM A21m with 190mb ram, P3 coppermine proc. and a swap partition.
Very surprised at how well it runs on such a ram challended machine.
Many thanks for such a nice puppy.
Very best regards - Ray
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P123
Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 89 Location: Northern Ireland, UK
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 13:06 Post subject:
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I am surprised that NoSquint or Cute Menus (there are 3 different versions) wasn't included in Firefox instead of setting the minimum font so high. But I can easily add them.
I do not recommend testing this puplet in Virtual Box as all the internet browsers crashed on me - Midori & Firefox (default) & I downloaded Chromium which then crashed. However everything worked when ran from a live disk.
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rjbrewer

Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 4421 Location: merriam, kansas
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 14:47 Post subject:
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Roy wrote: | l0wt3ch,
This is nice! Obviously, you have put a lot of thought into making this.
One quick question, though: Is there a way to allow the user to drag'n'drop a text file onto the desktop speech synthesizer (and it would be automatically read)?
-Roy |
"Flite Speech Synthesizer" in "Fluppy" has drag and drop of
text files.
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l0wt3ch
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 21:52 Post subject:
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Why settle for four buttons when you can have a rich, customized, desktop experience?
The screen magnifier on the desktop works very well. I can easily read all the little terminal type from three feet away without my glasses on; it's intuitive and easy to adapt to. (Just remember to use the "big" cursor!) The level of zoom can easily be adjusted by right-clicking the icon, and changing the "4" (under "Arguments") to another number (as high as 16).
@P213: Thanks! Do you have any other suggestions?
@Ray:Glad you like it!
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tlchost
Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 2051 Location: Baltimore, Maryland USA
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 23:31 Post subject:
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l0wt3ch wrote: | @lobster: I've looked into eldy (and now noob ), and I don't think those fit with the concept of EliteOS.
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I agree....Eldy is designed for seniors....and has a large user base in England, Europe and now in the US.
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All the user need do is exit or minimize Eldy and they can enjoy whatever operating system on their computer. If they arrive at a minimal, non-intutiative desktop, they may see no reason to leave Eldy.
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l0wt3ch
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Posted: Thu 14 Oct 2010, 23:56 Post subject:
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tlchost wrote: |
I agree.... Eldy has a large user base in England, Europe and now in the US.
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With the accessibility tools included in EliteOS, there is no need (not to mention that some seniors might find Eldy a bit patronizing).
tlchost wrote: | If they arrive at a minimal, non-intutiative desktop, they may see no reason to leave Eldy. |
So what are you saying, the desktop is too minimal and non-"intutiative"?
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tengzelius
Joined: 15 Oct 2010 Posts: 11
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Posted: Fri 15 Oct 2010, 03:48 Post subject:
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Terryphi

Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 768 Location: West Wales, Britain.
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Posted: Fri 15 Oct 2010, 06:07 Post subject:
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Interesting, l0wt3ch ! What program are you using for the speech synthesizer?
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P123
Joined: 05 Sep 2009 Posts: 89 Location: Northern Ireland, UK
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Posted: Fri 15 Oct 2010, 06:24 Post subject:
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Could you include a HiVis theme for Firefox? Please nothing blindingly bright.
As for extensions Smarterfox (also known as Fasterfox or Fastestfox), Flagfox (I shop on amazon dot com & dot co dot uk), Image Toolbar (to download free wallpapers from gnome-look without having to right click & scroll down a long context menu) & then of course there are site advisors like WOT or McAfee or some other anti virus company's small free web tools.
I have many more extensions installed but not all would be suitable for this project.
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