Re: [orca-list] Orca on Ubuntu eeePC

["David Banes" <david banes abilitynet org uk>]

Our blind tester needed support from a sighted colleague to overcome the barriers he found 

Once that was done he was favourable towards the result

David 

-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Heil [mailto:eheil sdf lonestar org] 
Sent: 15 October 2008 14:27
To: Willie Walker
Cc: David Banes; Orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca on Ubuntu eeePC

Hi their.
As you probably know, I'm considering purchasing an EEE PC for use with Linux--doesn't have to be Ubuntu though.  Since I obviously can't see the screen, will that be a issue for me?  I was under the impression that the original poster was trying to manipulate the Orca GUI with the touch pad or whatever pointing device the EEE PC comes wth.
--Erik

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Willie Walker wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:03:40 -0400
> From: Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>
> To: David Banes <david banes abilitynet org uk>
> Cc: Orca-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca on Ubuntu eeePC
>
> Hi David:
>
> Yech.  Unfortunately, Orca's preferences GUI is just too big.  You 
> should be able to move it around, however, by pressing Alt+F7 and then 
> using the arrow keys.
>
> Will
>
> On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:06 AM, David Banes wrote:
>
> > Weʼve successfully installed Orca onto a Ubuntu based eeePC and 
> > certainly on mains power it runs extremely well with some hesitancy 
> > on battery power. But one problem appears to be that the Orca 
> > preferences screen doesnʼt resize when the machine starts up, which 
> > means that in order to set preferences and select options one needs 
> > to plug the umpc into a full monitor to view all the tabs and 
> > buttons
> >  
> > Any ideas ?
> >  
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