On Sat, Apr 04, 2009 at 12:34:25PM +0530, Krishnakant wrote: > hi, > On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 16:25 +1100, Jason White wrote: > > Krishnakant <hackingkk gmail com> wrote: > > > > > But all in all, I want to know if some one on the list is successfully > > > running orca with debian? > > > > Yes. > > > > Does this work out-of-the-box? Yes. apt-get install gnome-orca Or it might even come with it if you install it in the installation program. > I have off late herd that debian and orca had some problems? Not for me, only some years ago with etch, since orca isn't part of the archives, but lenny works! > > > What version of orca is packed with the latest debian 5 distro? > > > > In the Unstable repository we have 2.24.4. > > > ah, that means, I will have to use the unstable repo. Uh... No. Did you read my last email? Orca is apart of lenny eg. in the archives, so it'll work with an aptitude install gnome-orca, or perhaps comes standard... Dunno, since I do base installs and then use my package list with dpkg... > > So are there any more problems sighted by others in this regard? no > I am thinking of installing debian on a couple of machines because it is > known to be rock solid and these machines are supposed to go to some > rural parts of india where technical support is not available. > > > Infact I am lonching a major campaign in the western states of > Maharashtra and Madhya pradesh of India to wipe out all proprietory > stuff and give the blind people the best thing they can use which is > beyond all doubts orca. > This project would involve more than 3000 computers which will be > installed in high schools and offices where blind people work. That is very kind of you! Keep the great work up! Good luck Daniel.
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