Thanks Kyle, I have extra USB sticks and SD cards to try Fedora. How do I activate Speakup to guide me during installation? What are the steps? Cheers, Ibrahim
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 18, 2021, at 12:00 AM, Linux for blind general discussion > <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote: > > Fedora allows installation on USB media. I was also able to start an install > to an SD card inserted into the slot on my computer, but the slot writes so > slow that I couldn't get halfway through the install in 8 hours, so I gave up > on that. On the other hand, USB worked perfectly, both on a thumb drive and > using a USB card reader. > > Yes, Fedora can be made to talk quite easily right out of the box. I didn't > try Fedora Workstation, but I did get Fedora MATE Compiz working from the > spins page, and this is my daily driver now. I did notice that I didn't have > access on the MATE spin to the alt+super+s shortcut to start Orca on either > the live image or after installation, but entering orca in the run window > certainly does work in both cases, and although I did need to tick the > assistive technologies checkbox on the installed OS, I didn't have to do this > on the live iso to gain access to a speaking installer. Hope this helps. > ~Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
