Re: [orca-list] netapplet, Nautilus - any alternative working with orca?

[Helios <heliooos gmail com>]

Hi Joel,
I cannot give you any advice about installing on Eee, but you can try
live distro called Vinux:
Introduction:
# The aim of this project is to develop a new alternative /
blindfriendly live-CD / installer for people with visual impairments.
The current release is based on the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
# VINUX (Vinux Is Not Ubuntu but gnu/linuX) is a remaster of the
Intrepid Ibex live CD optimised for the needs of blind and partially
sighted users!
# It is designed to boot from a live CD or USB memory stick, log you
in automatically and then start up the Orca screen-reader.

direct link for download: http://vinux.org.uk/downloads/latest_(1.2).iso

Then there should not be problem with dependencies. I did not try it I
use Pclinuxos, which I also installed on my visually impaired sister's
notebook. In Pclinuxos, I only used Synaptic to install wanted rpm
packages - first gnome, then AT-Spi, Gnome speech and Espeak and Orca
- Synaptic automatically solved the dependencies and installed
necessary packages.

Later I also used batch shell script via apt-get to make it possible
for my sister to install other programs. Reason was that we do not
have fast internet connection at home and my sister is beginner linux
user so I wrote the script and she only ran it when connected to
internet at school and installation was automatic. I found out that
also apt-get solves the dependencies - it performs some analysis and
then says that other packages have to be installed, you only write Y/N
and press enter.

Helios

2009/2/3 Joel Zimba <jzimba cavtel net>:
> New Member Hi All,
>
> I have been away from the Linux world for some years now. I was rather on
> top of things in the command line days, but my coding efforts and such have
> fallen by the wayside in recent years.
>
> I have a laptop specifically an Asus EEE PC onto which I want to blast the
> customized ubuntu distribution.
>
> I have downloaded the iso file and I am prepared to put it on a flash drive
> as I have no external cd/dvd player.
>
>
> I have never done a recent linux installation. I know I will need sighted
> assistance choosing the boot order and with the initial booting into the
> live flash drive.
>
> At what point should or could I get orca up and running?
>
> I plan to look through the list of published packages to see if orca is
> included. I am still unclear as to the other dependencies I ought to check.
>
> Is it possible to use the live cd image to do the "apt get" and pull in orca
> whic would run happily so I can see how things work?
>
> If anyone has done an install on an EEE with a flash drive, I would
> appreciate any advice, either off or on list.
>
> Also, if my questions are more apropos to another list, please point me in
> the right direction.
>
> thanks,
>
> Joel
>
>
> Helios wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > we always used netapplet for managing and connecting to wifi. But Orca
> > probably does not work with it so I am looking for any alternative for
> > my sister which works with orca. Second, she used Thunar file manager
> > but because of the need to work with Orca she uses Nautilus now. We
> > found Thunar much more easier, quicker and configurable (also more
> > stable than Nautilus) but the version of Thunar we tried did not work
> > completely with Orca. Orca did not read the filenames, only the menu.
> > Does anybody have some experience with using any other filemanager
> > like Thunar with Orca (we do not need anything like gnome commander,
> > we need something simple like Thunar).
> >
> > Any tips?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Helios
> >
> > HP 550, Pclinuxos.cz 2007-1, orca2.22.0-1pclos2007,
> > espeak1.29-1pclos2007, nautilus
> > 2.20.0-2pclos2007
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca



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Helios