Hey all,
I hope this is a good list to post gnopernicus questions to. If
not please forgive me for the error (and redirect me to the proper list if you
can). I have recently installed the redhat beta 'severn' OS to a test
system and have gnopernicus installed. However, I am unable to figure
out how to make it actually read the desktop. When I run 'gnopernicus'
from a terminal, I get the gui menu and can configure the voices and am
able to hear the sample sounds, but I cannot get it to start at the login
screen when I reboot or read applications like evolution or open office.
I am trying to configure this system for a friend who is recently
blind. He currently uses JAWS from Freedom Scientific (formerly
Henter-Joyce) on a WindowsME box. But we are experimenting with
some of the free alternatives. If we can get this to work, we would like
to present this alternative to the local school for the blind.
So I guess my question is in two parts:
1. Can anyone tell me how to get gnopernicus up and running at
the login screen so a blind user can type in the login:password to gain access
to the desktop?
Gnopernicus can not read the login screen. However,
you can create a session-manual file in .gnome2 which will load gnopernicus
after the iindividual has logged correctly into gnome.
The other correct way to load gnopernicus is to do
alt+f2, type gnopernicus, and press enter.
2. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get gnopernicus to
read the desktop like JAWS does? Actually, we would be happy with just
being able to hear it read mozilla, mozilla -mail, and/or evolution at
this point.
Have you set the gnome accessibility gconf key to
true? That is the only way to enable accessibility on the gnome
desktop.
You can sset the key by doing:
gconftool-2 --type bool --set
/desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true
As for Mozilla and Evolution neither program is at
full accessibility quite yet. Both have accessibility issues. If you are
interested in a accessible gnome-based email client check out
balsa.
As for Open Office it has some issues itself, and
it's accessibility is linked in with the java-access-bridge and so is
StarOffice.
Thanks for any help you can
provide!
