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Blinux CD-ROMs available.



Hi Linux-il people, 

as you might now, there is Blinux Project which 
supports the Linux user who is blind. The Blinux 
FTP archive at http:/ /www.leb.net/pub/blinux is 
available on CD-ROMs too.

These two CD-ROMs are an exact mirror of the 
Blinux Archive. They hold over 750mb of files 
and documentation. The CD-ROMs are written after 
an order comes in. Therefore they are always 
up to date.

As a special service to Linux-il, I will provide 
3 sets of the Blinux CD-ROMs free of charge for 
people who might _really_ need them.

If you know someone who is visually impaired and 
might be a candidate for the stuff available, 
send me his/her address and I will send the CD-ROMs 
to the given address. The first three Israeli 
addresses will be served. Company addresses are
valid too. 

Sorry, but subscriptions which point to the own 
email address will be discarded.  


   
Content of the Blinux CD-ROM set (2 pcs)
----------------------------------------
The Blinux Archive CD-ROMs offer you:
18 important HOWTO docs				1.2 mb

Emacspeak-9.0 
A powerful, state of the art 'eyes-free' 
(tm)raman@adobe.org interface for the user 
who is blind. Many drivers for hardware and 
software synthesizer are available		4.5 mb

Festival speech system.
Full blown speech synthesizer with English, 
American, Spanish and Welsh language.
MBROLA database support. Drop-in modules
built by the Oregon Graduate Institute		31 mb

Lynx ASCII web browser each for Linux and DOS	18 mb

MBROLA synthesizer
Hear Thierry Dutoit, the person behind MBROLA,
sing a song using his synthesizer and you'll
be fascinated by the quality of this wonderful 
synthesizer. Comes with voices for many 
languages. Often in male and female version.	344 mb 

Screader screen reader. Supports software
synthesizer like MBROLA and hardware 
synthesizer like DECtalk.			0.5 mb

Different sound players				0.4 mb

Speak text to speech server 			0.2 mb

SVLPro screen reader with full screen review 
and synthesizer control. 			0.6 mb

AbotDemo continuous speech recognition system	7.0 mb

UltraSonix 
prototype screen reader for the 
X windows system				3.0 mb

Alva Braille Terminal Driver 			3.5 mb

Ears single word speech recognition		0.2 mb

Lotec speech recognition package		0.2 mb

XABT xterm driver for Alva braille terminal	0.2 mb

and much more stuff...f


How much do the Blinux CD-ROMs cost?
------------------------------------
The complete set (2 pcs) of the Blinux CD-ROMs 
cost (yes postage, package and handling is included):

Israel      7 USD 
USA:        7 USD
Germany:   10 DM
Europe:    70 Austrian Schillings,
          200 Belgian Francs,
            4 British Pound
           35 French Francs
        10000 Italian Lira  
World:      7 USD


How to pay?
-----------
Put the money in bank notes in an envelope between a leaf of
paper and send it to me.
My address is:

Hans Zoebelein
c/o blinux cd-rom
Schellingstr. 63
D-80799 Muenchen
Germany

Don't forget to include your email _and_ snail mail address.
I'll email you as soon as money has arrived and the CD-ROM is
shipped to your snail mail address.


Isn't this method of payment to risky/dangerous?
------------------------------------------------
No! So far we had not a single loss of money (I know of).
That means that I didn't get a single complaint so far 
about someone sending money without getting the CD-ROMs 
shipped.

Please don't send checks, because cashing them in would 
cost me more than I charge for the CD-ROMs. Considering
the costs of registered mail, even sending the money as 
registered letter seems to be an overkill. 


How are Blinux CD-ROMs shipped?
-------------------------------
Blinux CD-ROMs are shipped to non Europe addresses by airmail,
to Europe addresses as normal mail. The CD-ROMs are 
put into a stable cardboard envelope without using a jewel box.
This is done to stay below the 50gr weight limit and to pay
less postage costs. 


Anything else?
--------------
Yes. The Blinux CD-ROMs have nice white labels which show
a fat black penguin sitting around and doing nothing. So 
if you are working 'eyes free' you know this too now.

Enjoy!
hans

-- 
Certified Linux hacker. Please check Israeli press for details :)