Re: Ubuntu 6.0.6.1 Install

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Hi Ian!

Ian Pascoe wrote:
> Secondly, and I think this relates to Gnupernicus as opposed to Orca
> although by this stage we were getting quite confused, there are lots of
> spin boxes relating to the different talk rates for different controls -
> could this be hidden behind an Advanced tab  and have maybe one or two that
> effects all the options?
>   
Try using orca.  I think you'll find the user interface less confusing.
> As for Orca, again I think, we noted that if the check box relating to key
> echo was unticked Orca stopped responding.
>   
More than likely, because you have used a Xubuntu base with 
self-installed orca and gnome, your assistive technology support is not 
turned on in your desktop.

There's a GUI for this, but try (from a terminal window while running 
gnome, or from a console window, BEFORE gnome is started:

"gconftool-2 -type bool -s /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true"

This should allow orca (or gnopernicus) to do something besides echo 
keystrokes.

The magnifier is usually intended for use with/by an integrated screen 
reader, i.e. "gnome mag" is a service which orca and gnopernicus use.

Fullscreen magnification requires some rather messy reconfiguring of 
your X server (an upcoming version of gnome-mag will improve this 
situation).  Directions for doing this and for using many accessibility 
features of the gnome desktop are found at the location below (note that 
the fullscreen mag directions are in an appendix at the end, I 
believe).  The document is a little out of date since it talks about 
gnopernicus and not orca, but most of the information is still relevant 
and correct.

http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/latest/

Lastly, note that Firefox 2 accessibility is pretty limited with orca, 
but I have been told that Firefox 3 beta versions, while perhaps a bit 
unstable, are _much_ more accessible via orca.

best regards,

Bill
> Lastly, relating to Gnome Mag, can someone point me to the URL for
> directions on it's use please?  In particular looking for activating full
> screen magnification, colour inversion to read white on black, together with
> associated keyboard shortcuts.
>
> It looks fun from what little I can see but at the moment frustration is
> high as I can't do anything much with anything!
>
> Many thanks
>
> Ian
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