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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Good morning,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just for further information we have also
had great difficulty in downloading a complete build for this long
waited upgrade to the Solaris operating system. If you are a campus
with Solaris systems, and most research universities are, I would recommend
ordering a set of CD's from Sun.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron Stewart</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> athen-bounces@lists.oregonstate.edu on
behalf of Pratik Patel<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 2/25/2005 2:06 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
adtech-ps@lists.oregonstate.edu; athen@lists.oregonstate.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[athen] FW: [uvip] Solaris 10 released,with accessibility built-in! Also FreeTTS
1.2 released.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343525109-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Colleagues,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343525109-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343525109-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you have not come across this announcement, please
read the following to learn about Sun Micro System's latest OS release with
stable, built-in accessibility features including Gnopernicus and the on-screen
keyboard. Not all of the document links located in the article lead to web
pages at this, though I suspect that may have something to do with a temporary
problem. I've e-mailed Peter Corn with the problem and I would hope that
the problem is resolved by the time you read this article.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=343525109-25022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Pratik</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Pratik Patel<BR>Interim Director<BR>Office of Special
Services<BR>Queens College<BR>Director<BR>CUNY Assistive Technology
Services<BR>The City University of New York<BR>
ppatel@qc.edu<BR> </FONT> </P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Peter Korn [mailto:peter.korn@Sun.COM]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
JA-PR@basso.sfbay.sun.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [uvip] Solaris 10 released, with
accessibility built-in! Also FreeTTS 1.2 released.<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><TT>The Sun Accessibility team is utterly delighted to
announce:<BR><BR> - Solaris 10, with a rich set of
accessibility features and included<BR> assistive
technologies, is now shipping and available for
immediate<BR> web download for both SPARC and
x86/x64 architectures. Solaris is<BR> the
premier UNIX operating system from Sun Microsystems, favored
by<BR> customers for mission critical
environments. Among the many new<BR>
features in Solaris 10 release is the GNOME graphical desktop
with<BR> accessibility support built-in.
Solaris 10 accessibility features<BR> include:
complete mouseless access to the desktop; theming
support<BR> with high contrast and large print
themes; a collection of keyboard<BR> accessibility
features including StickyKeys, MouseKeys,
BounceKeys,<BR> SlowKeys, and ToggleKeys; a
full-featured screen reader and<BR> screen
magnifier with Braille access; a powerful dynamic
on-screen<BR> keyboard with many features no other
on-screen keyboard can provide.<BR> With Solaris
10, accessibility support can be configured for use
even<BR> at the login screen, so users with
disabilities can have their theme<BR> or assistive
technology working before they log into the
system!<BR> Solaris 10 also includes a rich
collection of web and productivity<BR>
applications such as Mozilla for web browsing, Evolution for
e-mail<BR> and enterprise calendaring, and the
StarOffice suite for word processing,<BR>
spreadsheets, and presentation authoring - all of which fully
support<BR> the GNOME accessibility architecture
and included assistive technologies.<BR><BR> - FreeTTS 1.2,
the free, open source text-to-speech engine written
in<BR> the Java programming language is now
available. FreeTTS partially<BR> supports
the Java Speech API, and can be used and redistributed
in<BR> Java and web-based applications.
FreeTTS ships with Solaris 10 and<BR> is used by
the screen reader that comes with Solaris
10.<BR><BR><BR> The Solaris 10 Operating
System<BR>
-------------------------------<BR> Solaris
is Sun's "enterprise-grade" UNIX operating system. It
runs<BR> on the SPARC line of 64-bit
processors as well as x86 (and the<BR> new
64-bit editions of x86, known as "x64") processors. Used
both<BR> as a server operating system and
for workstations, Solaris powers<BR> a large
portion of the businesses on the Internet, and serves
as<BR> the backbone of many companies'
Information Technology systems.<BR> Solaris
is an extremely scalable operating systems, capable
of<BR> running systems with one
microprocessor to systems with over<BR> 100
microprocessors.<BR><BR> Solaris 10 includes
a host of new features, most of which
aren't<BR> available in any other operating
system. The new features include:<BR>
DTrace - a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework for
troubleshooting<BR> systemic problems in
real time; Solaris Containers which allows
you<BR> to turn one computer into multiple
virtual computers; ZFS - the<BR> zettabyte
file system which is a next generation
self-healing,<BR> self-managing 128-bit file
system; and dramatically increased<BR>
network performance.<BR><BR> In addition to
the powerful, base operating system features
noted<BR> above, Solaris 10 includes a rich
graphical desktop with a large<BR>
collection of productivity applications. Solaris 10 includes
the<BR> Java Desktop System - a graphical
desktop based on the open source<BR> GNOME
environment - with a number of key additions from
Sun.<BR> The Solaris 10 desktop includes
StarOffice 7, a powerful productivity<BR>
suite with a word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation
package<BR> that can read and write
Microsoft file formats. Also included
with<BR> Solaris 10 is the Mozilla web
browser, and the Evolution e-mail and<BR>
enterprise calendaring application.<BR><BR>
With this release, Solaris is now also a very accessible
operating<BR> system! The Java Desktop
System release 3 - the recommended
graphical<BR> desktop that is part of
Solaris 10 - provides a tremendous amount
of<BR> support for users with
disabilities. Accessibility support in
Solaris<BR> 10
includes:<BR><BR> - complete keyboard
operability of all supported applications
and<BR> functions on the
desktop. This of course includes the
productivity<BR>
applications in Solaris 10 like StarOffice and Mozilla and
Evolution,<BR> and of
course all of the Java applications. This means that
people<BR> with a range of
mild physical impairments can operate Solaris
10.<BR><BR> - the collection of
keyboard enhancements pioneered by the
TRACE<BR> Center -
StickyKeys, MouseKeys, BounceKeys, etc. This
functionality<BR> allows
people with a variety of mild to medium physical
impairments<BR> to operate
Solaris 10 (e.g. hand tremors from Parkinson's
disease).<BR><BR> - a themable desktop
with support for a range of desktop themes.
These<BR> include for
accessibility: High Contrast, High Contrast
Inverse,<BR> and Large
Print themes. And of course the supported
graphical<BR> applications
in the Java Desktop System respect these
themes<BR> (including
Staroffice, Mozilla, Evolution, and all of the
Java<BR>
applications). This allows people with a range of mild
vision<BR> impairments to
operate Solaris 10.<BR><BR> - a
full-featured, commercial quality screen reader and
screen<BR>
magnifier. Unlike the very limited screen reader and
screen<BR> magnifier
shipping on other desktops, the one in Solaris
10<BR> works with all of
the supported graphical applications in
the<BR> Java Desktop
System - you can use them to browse the web
and<BR> edit documents and
spreadsheets and presentations and
read<BR> your e-mail and
track your calendar. Solaris 10 is also
the<BR> first graphical
desktop to interoperate with Braille
displays,<BR> out of the
box! This allows people who are legally blind -
or<BR> completely blind -
or even deaf-blind! - to operate Solaris
10.<BR><BR> - an industry leading
on-screen keyboard which reaches inside
running<BR> applications
and dynamically builds "keyboards" to rapidly
interact<BR> with every
supported graphical applications in the Java
Desktop<BR> System.
This functionality goes far beyond anything
available<BR> on other
graphical desktops - either bundled with or
purchased<BR> commercially
- and offers *dramatic* speed improvements to
people<BR> with
significant physical disabilities. The on-screen keyboard
in<BR> Solaris 10 monitors
what you are doing with applications,
and<BR> offers immediate
access to things like the menu system,
toolbars,<BR> hyperlinks,
and the controls in dialog boxes. Of course it
also<BR> includes a range
of optimized alphanumeric keyboards with
word<BR> completion.
The Solaris 10 on-screen keyboard can be driven
by<BR> a wide array of
access methods (including automatic scanning
with<BR> switch selection,
dwell selection with a head pointer, and of
course<BR> direct
selection). This allows people with a range of severe
physical<BR> impairments
(including quadriplegia, cerebral palsy,
multiple<BR> sclerosis,
muscular dystrophy, and ALS) to operate Solaris
10!<BR><BR> The accessibility features of
Solaris 10 can be used not just only at<BR>
the graphical desktop - but from the moment the user begins to
log<BR> into the system! Once
configured for accessible login, a
Solaris<BR> 10 system will invoke the screen
reader or magnifier, or on-screen<BR>
keyboard with a simple gesture from the user - even before they
have<BR> authenticated themselves.
Users can also have a Large Print login<BR>
screen if they desire it, or choose any other included
accessibility<BR> theme. Of course the
accessible login screen is also fully
keyboard<BR> operable, and the TRACE suite
of keyboard enhancements can be enabled<BR>
there as well.<BR><BR><BR> Sun is making
Solaris 10 source code available under the
Common<BR> Development and Distribution
License, an open source license
recognized<BR> by the Open Source
Initiative. In addition, all of the
accessibility<BR> work developed by Sun for
Solaris 10 has been contributed back to
the<BR> GNOME, OpenOffice.org, Mozilla,
Evolution, and X communities under their<BR>
respective open source licenses.<BR><BR> You
can download Solaris 10 for SPARC or x86/x64 processors
at:<BR><BR> <A
href="http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp">http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/get.jsp</A><BR><BR>
View the Solaris 10 Accessibility Guide
at:<BR><BR> <A
href="http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-7307">http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-7307</A><BR><BR>
View a more lengthy description of the Solaris 10
accessibility<BR> features, complete with
links to pictures of much of the
accessibility<BR> functionality,
at:<BR><BR> <A
href="http://blogs.sun.com/korn/20050209#solaris_10_another_first_for">http://blogs.sun.com/korn/20050209#solaris_10_another_first_for</A><BR><BR><BR><BR>
FreeTTS 1.2<BR>
-----------<BR> FreeTTS is the free, open
source text-to-speech engine written in<BR>
the Java programming language. FreeTTS is based upon Flite, a
small,<BR> fast, run-time speech synthesis
engine, which in turn is based upon<BR>
University of Edinburgh's Festival Speech Synthesis System and
Carnegie<BR> Mellon University's FestVox
project. The FreeTTS package includes
two<BR> English languages voices, a limited
domain English language voice,<BR> support
for importing a variety of other voices developed
elsewhere.<BR><BR> FreeTTS supports the
MBROLA family of voices (developed under
a<BR> European Union initiative and free for
non-commercial and non-military<BR> use),
and also the new ARCTIC high-quality unit selection
voices.<BR><BR> FreeTTS partially implements
the Java Speech API, and can be used
with<BR> gnome-speech and the Gnopernicus
screen reader/magnifier in Solaris and<BR>
GNU/Linux.<BR><BR><BR><BR>On behalf of the Sun Microsystems,<BR><BR>Peter
Korn<BR>Sun Microsystems, Inc.<BR><A
href="http://www.sun.com/access">http://www.sun.com/access</A><BR><BR></TT><BR><BR><TT>*
Usability is efficiency, ease of use and accuracy. *</TT> <BR><BR><BR>
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