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What's new?
June 4, 2007
LSR 0.5.3 is released. This version is the final snapshot of LSR as a screen reader for GNOME. See the mailing list post about the future of the project for more information.
Contact information
Questions and comments about LSR can be posted to the community mailing list at lsr-list@gnome.org. You can make casual posts to the mailing list without subscribing. To subscribe to the mailing list, either visit the mailing list web interface or send an email to lsr-list-request@gnome.org with subject "subscribe".
The project maintainers tend hang out on irc.gnome.org in the #lsr channel. Feel free to visit us.
Bug reports and requests for enhancements should be filed in Bugzilla. Please review our current list of bugs before you file a new report. We appreciate your feedback!
Downloads
Source Archive
Click here to download the latest release. Then follow the getting started directions to build, install, and run it. You may also browse the FTP site listings if you wish to find an older version.
Subversion
Alternatively, you may fetch the bleeding edge LSR source from Subversion. The getting started guide details how to use svn to fetch, build, and install it.
Packages
Generous third-parties have decided to build and host packages of the stable releases of LSR. There may be some delay between our source code release and the creation of these packages.
RPMs and yum
Thanks to Janina for adding LSR to her speakupmodified.org repository. To use this repository, enter the following:
sudo rpm -iv http://speakupmodified.org/speakupmodified-release.rpm
Then use yum to install or update LSR:
sudo yum install lsr
debs and apt-get
Thanks to Luke for packaging LSR for Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (v7.04). If you're running Feisty, you should be able to enter the following to get the latest stable build of LSR:
sudo apt-get install lsr
conary and Foresight
You should be able to install LSR on ForesightLinux or other conary distributions via:
sudo conary update lsr
Other
You may find extensions submitted by third-party developers on the extensions page. Take care when using these extensions as we have not verified them.
Presentations and Publications
Linux Screen Reader: Customizing Access for Users and Developers at the CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference 2007 (screencasts)
Linux Screen Reader: Extensible Assistive Technology at the Eighth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Assistive Technologies
Linux Screen Reader ... is not just a screen reader at GNOME Summit 2006 (13 minutes)
Accessibility Enablement and Usability for GTK Applications at Desktop Developer's Conference 2006
LSR scripting screencast at Desktop Developer's Conference 2006
Documentation
Developer resources
Python developers who wish to contribute to the LSR project should review the following documents:
Getting started: Instructions on how to install, configure, and run LSR
Script developer resources: Help on scripting LSR
Device developer resources: Help on supporting new devices in LSR (planned)
Core developer resources: Help on hacking the LSR core
Translator guide: Help on contributing a translation for LSR
Project ideas: For people wishing to get involved in the development of LSR
Additional resources for learning and coding Python are available at the following locations:
Maintainer resources
The following materials are here to aid the maintainers of LSR;
Maintainer's guide: Help on managing the code base, documentation, wiki, releases, etc.
Deprecated user resources
The screen reading extensions for LSR are no longer in development. For historical purposes, the draft user's guide is still available for the curious.
Frequently asked questions
See the FAQ page for answers to common questions.