Re: Orca new user with a few questions

["Al Puzzuoli" <alpuzz gmail com>]

Hey Jason,

I'll tackle a couple of these:

> 2.  Can I use an external synthesizer with Orca, such as a Dectalk 
> Express?
The DECtalk express is supported through the use of its Emacspeak speech 
server.  I don't have an express myself, but I know several people on the 
list have gotten this to work.

> 3.  Is the version of Open Office that is included in Edgy sufficient
> for accessibility, or should I go and get one of the recent snapshots?

There were issues with Open office, as well as various other packages that 
shipped on the Knot 1 CD.  most of these have since been resolved, so If you 
haven't done it yet, I would suggest performing a dist-upgrade in order to 
insure you have all the latest stuff.  One problem is that the sources.list 
on the knot 1 cd doesn't include all the necessary repositories.  If you 
need a working sources.list, let me know, and I can send one to you off 
list.


> 4.  Is there a version of Firefox and evolution that I can get that will
> work better with Orca?

The version of Evolution included in Edgy should be fine.  As far as 
Firefox, the real accessibility work will be done in version 3, which I 
believe has just recently made an appearance in alpha form, and can be 
downloaded from ftp.mozilla.org as a nightly build.

Good luck,

--Al






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Fayre" <jfayre cocenter org>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:59 AM
Subject: Orca new user with a few questions


> Hello everyone,
> I have just installed Ubuntu Edgy Knott 1 on a system and I have Orca
> working with speech and braille.  So far, it seems to work fairly well.
>  I have a couple questions though.
> 1.  Is anyone working on a Cepstral Swift driver for gnome-speech?
> 2.  Can I use an external synthesizer with Orca, such as a Dectalk 
> Express?
> 3.  Is the version of Open Office that is included in Edgy sufficient
> for accessibility, or should I go and get one of the recent snapshots?
> 4.  Is there a version of Firefox and evolution that I can get that will
> work better with Orca?
>
> Well, I guess that was more than a couple questions, but any help would
> be appreciated!
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