with others
to help as I can.
Happy Hacking,
cdh
On Jan 9, 2012, at 4:52 PM, Peter Korn wrote:
> Christian,
>
> As Mats may recall (from conversations about this in AEGIS meetings), I have
> also long been interested in seeing such an app. I personally believe that
> the
>
>> cdh: I agree entirely. THe idea I had was to start an entirely new
>> project but use parts of Orca where such would be convenient.
>
> Joanie: Is there a danger of depending on Orca for this support? I fear there
> be. Perhaps the thing to do instead is identify the needs which are in
> com
>
> joanie: Having said that Orca is a screen reader; Orca is not a tool
> designed for users who are not visually impaired. Trying to make Orca
> into a one-size-fits-all tool will inevitably turn it into a tool whose
> functionality is either too complex or too diluted, meeting no one's
> ne
I would love to work on a system wide "screen reader" for people with learning
disabilities. Something like K3000 (KESI) or WYNN from FS. Using the Gnome
accessibility features along with visual effects should be able to do something
really innovative.
On Jan 7, 2012, at 9:42 PM, Bill Cox wro
>
> cox: In my opinion, the separation of responsibilities is the main reason
> for lack of a11y progress in GTK. If any of the wonderful people
> working on a11y that we are both fans of were able to commit patches
> to GTK, the issues would have been resolved years ago.
>
cdh: Can Brian or so
>
> As you say, it would be better to make stronger release team a11y
> requirements. I think it would be easier to define such requirements
> once accessibility is working reasonably in GNOME 3. We have made a
> lot of progress already, so hopefully this will not be so far in the
> future.
>
c
"Sometimes accessibility lags behind…" is an accurate statement. My question
is why Gnome Foundation would consider a11y issues to have a priority lower
than any other feature of the software. By permitting a11y to "lag behind"
other features, it is effectively put on the back burner and will r
I generally agree with Peter here…
I think the user agent, Orca in this case, can and should provide augmentations
to the overall user experience. Items that do not gain focus ordinarily need to
be presented to users with vision impairment anyway as knowing what isn't
available in a certain mo
Hi,
I just downloaded Vinux and burned the ISO to a CD. I am assuming it is a
bootable live CD. It keeps coming up with an error that it can not find the
kernel image. I tried burning several images to a CD with the same result.
Am I missing something?? I tried to boot it on several computers
HI Will,
If I want to upgrade Gnome, where can i find more info about that since i
havent changed to the new Ubuntu as of yet.
Many thanks,
christian
On 2008-09-22 at 16:28 Willie Walker wrote:
>I suppose it's possible, but you'd need to upgrade GNOME.
>
>Will
>
>matt
Hi all,
using Gaim for msn. How do I access that when it is minimized? Also, how do I
access the volume control with Orca? have tried clicking on that icon but i can
only read the current value of it.
Many thanks,
Christian
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Hi,
Ok, I will try that again. Tried it some time ago.
However, where can I find instructions about installing Ubuntu with speech?
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2007-03-02 at 17:38 Kenny Hitt wrote:
>Hi.
>
>I would recomend switching to Ubuntu instead of Fedora. Ubuntu is based
>o
Hi all,
Running latest Debian Etch and i cant get Orca to work on it. I can't find all
dependencies. Do Is it better to switch to Fedora Core 6?
Many thanks,
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Hi all,
Where can I get the newest dependices for Orca? It looks like some modules are
not up to date with apt-get.
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Christian
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Hi all,
I have just installed the latest test version of Debian. I cant seem to install
Orca. it looks like the atspi library is missing. The 1.0 seem to be installed,
but orca doesn't want to install.
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Christian
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the Orca navigation keys
to read them.
Also, I cant seem to be able to start BRLTTY. Do I need to be logged in as root
in order to do that?
I tried sudo brltty -b=ts but with no luck. Any help is apreciated!
Many thanks,
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Hello Will,
Many thanks for that info. So if I want to use Firefox I have to use either
Gnopernicus or textbased Internet?
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-11-02 at 09:10 Willie Walker wrote:
>Hi Christian:
>
>Firefox is not ready for compelling access yet. You can kind of limp
>al
use braille, can I use Orca with BRLTTY like GNopernicus?
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Christian
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Hi all,
I am choocing between Fedora and Ubuntu. Yes, they are two distributions, I
know that but when it comes to accessibility and get things to work in Gnome
like Openoffice and Firefox, is the Ubuntu the most easiest to go for?
Many thanks,
Christian
Hello Will,
Unfortunatly I lost speech when I opened up the word processor and I have no
sighted assitance around. I will try running it again and see if it works
better.
Ubuntu is not installed yet.
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-11-01 at 10:28 Willie Walker wrote:
>Hi Christian:
>
>
Hi all,
Yesterday I downloaded the Ubuntu 6.10 release and I was able to run it without
any problems. However, when I decided to give Openoffice a try, the word
processor Orca crashed, or at least I got no speech. Will Orca work with
Openoffice on this Ubuntu Live CD?
Many thanks,
Christian
Hello Peter,
Many thanks, will download the desktop version then. I really hope that I can
run programs like Asterisk on this.
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-10-31 at 10:52 Peter Korn wrote:
>Hi Christian,
>
>Unless you want to upgrade an existing, older Ubuntu (or do some usu
Hello Peter,
Many thanks for that link. Just one more question, is it the desktop version i
should get or the alternate version?
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-10-31 at 09:48 Peter Korn wrote:
>Hi Christian,
>
>Joanie Diggs has put together an excellent tutorial on installing Ubun
Hi all,
I havent tried it yet, but is it now possible to install Ubuntu without any
problems with speech?
Many thanks,
Christian
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Hi all,
I am going to try the latest ubuntu within a few days, but just have a question
first. Cn someone just tell me what can i do with Orca that I cant do with
Gnopernicus at the moment?
Time will show, but just wondering.
many thanks,
Christian
fore attempting to present it to maybe interested people, for it
would be tragic if these people get the impression it just doesn't work.
Regards,
Christian
P.S.: Sorry Henrik you probably got this message twice... my fault!
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Hi all,
Well, I have now decided to try out the latest Ubuntu with Orca. I have used
Gnopernicus so I know how that is to work with. Can someone just tell me one
thing i can do with Orca that I cant do with Gnopernicus? How well does it work
in Firefox?
Many thanks,
Christian
Hi all,
Just read how to install Ubuntu with orca, and found that the partitioning was
not that accessible. Can someone tell me before I begin what is not accessible
in the program?
many thanks,
Christian
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Hello all,
Running the latest Debian Unstable and want to try Orca. Gnome 2.15 is not
available with apt-get from what I understand. What packages do I need and
where to find them?
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Christian
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get an error later. Running
the latest daily build o fDebian.
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-07-22 at 12:18 Al Puzzuoli wrote:
>i've had some experience with VMware. What Sorts of issues are you
>encountering?
>
>--Al
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Chr
Hi,
If anyone is using Vmware please get back to me. i am having problems running a
virtual machine.
Many thanks,
Christian
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Hi all,
Where can I find Firefox 2 Beta for Debian?
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Hello,
On 2006-07-20 at 17:48 remus draica wrote:
>
>If you press F7, do you get a dialog about turning on/off caret?
Yes, there is a yes and no button but can not read the actual question.
many thanks,
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t;by line in flat review mode.
What version of Firefox should I use? I tried it but it didn't work. No link
was announced when using tab.
Using the one that is included in latest Debian daily builds.
many thanks,
Christian
>
>> Hello,
>> When starting Firefox Gnopernicus says HT
Hi all,
I am running latest Debian and it doesn't allow me to log in as root in Gnome
How do I do that? I can log in as any other user but not root.
many thanks,
Christian
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Hello,
When starting Firefox Gnopernicus says HTML container, how do I read the text
on the page?
Many thanks,
Christian
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Hello all,
I have latest Debian Etch installed and Gnome 2.12 installed, but how do I get
the latest Gnome?
Want to try Orca. From what I understand Gnome 2.15 is out. It doesn't seem to
be available Debians packet list.
Many thanks,
Chri
Hello,
It is sound-juicer I am trying to use.
Will try the other one and see if it works better!
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-07-07 at 22:57 Calum Benson wrote:
>On 7 Jul 2006, at 20:22, Christian wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> Dont'w know where else to post this. Has an
an as well.
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Christian
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Hello all,
Is it possible to run Skype with Gnopernicus or Orca?
I have tried but with no luck.
Many thanks,
Christian
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Hello,
Many thanks for that info!
Will have a look at it. I am running latest version of Debian, is it easy to
get Orca up and running?
Managed to instal Gnopernicus.
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2006-07-06 at 10:59 Cody wrote:
>Hi,
>
> Orca is much better in my opinion mainly beca
Hello all,
Maybe someone on this list can tell me what is better with Orca compared with
Gnopernicus. Can I get better access with Orca when it comes to reviewing the
screen with the virtual focus or simular?
Many thanks,
Christian
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Hello all,
I am just having a question if someone know how to enable BRLTT during the
Debian installation process?
I have tried using:
install brltty=ts,ttyS0 but with no result.
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Christian
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when I pressed Alt+F2 for run. Should I
close Gnopernicus first? I did so.
After I had enter sudo -s and pressed enter I entered gnopernicus from there
but nothing happened.
Please, give me any direction. I really want to install this system!
Many thanks,
Chri
g for some
other distribution that is possible to install with either speech or
braille, BRLTTY. Has anyone got an idea?
Any help is apreciated!
Many thanks,
Christian
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bility fixes from your 1.7 branch have
been integrated upstream for 1.8 ?
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Christian
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