Re: [orca-list] Accessible Installation, not Ubuntu

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

On 31.07.2008 at 15:15:32 Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com> wrote:

> It depends on what you want and mean by accessible install (eg. do you
> want speech, Braille or magnification, do you want it to use Orca or are
> you prepared to use some other software to get it installed, do you have
> a Braille display). As none of these have been specified I will give you
> a general outline.
[...]
> Next I would suggest GRML. This uses speakup for speech output and
> brltty for braille. It also is configured to use software speech output
> by default (so no extra equipment needed if you just want speech
> output). GRML is mainly text based, but I think it is possible (I don't
> know how much is involved) to get gnome and orca working on it.
>
> From my experience I wouldn't suggest to use Gnome and Orca on a GRML
system, because you have to build all the Gnome and at-spi stuff from the
beginning, so it may become very frustrating - it was in my case. This
does not mean that it's impossible at all, but beware of a lot of work
and that you end up in a system that doesn't work.
GRML comes with X-window managers such as Fluxbox and Wmii, and they are
completely inaccessible.
[...]
> If you have a braille display, then some distributions include brltty on
> the install media, I am not quite sure of which ones other than GRML do
> as normally for install I just rely on speech.
Debian Etch and Lenny, and Knoppix, which comes with two screen readers
that use braille - SBL and Brltty. It depends on what you want to
install: A usual Knoppix with text terminals and Gnome or KDE or the
Adriane variant, a system especially set up for the use by blind or
visually impaired people.
Hermann