Re: [orca-list] Speaking Login Prompt

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi John:

Accessible login is notoriously difficult to get working properly. I'm 
not sure why, but it frequently breaks with new releases of GNOME.

I try to make sure it works with each revision of OpenSolaris, which is 
really the only platform I can dedicate my accessibility integration 
time doing these days.

I'm not sure how to get it to work on Ubuntu -- I think you'll need to 
work with the Ubuntu folks on the Ubuntu accessibility list to resolve 
the issues.

Will

On 06/15/09 22:09, John covici wrote:
> I have never been able to get accessible login to work.  Does it
> require a specific version of gdm?  I am using gnome 2.26 and latest
> version of orca, but my gdm is 2.24.1 because the newer versions try
> to use the wrong console and I have to reboot the computer!
>
> on Monday 06/15/2009 Willie Walker(William Walker Sun COM) wrote
>   >  Hi Pete:
>   >
>   >  This is known as "Accessible Login" -- for some reason, it's tricky to
>   >  keep it working from release to release of GNOME.  It typically works
>   >  well on OpenSolaris, but can even break there from time to time.
>   >
>   >  http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/sysadmin-27.html.en
>   >
>   >  After you've enabled it, you can launch Orca at the login prompt as
>   >  described here:
>   >
>   >  http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/sysadmin-30.html.en
>   >
>   >  The typical operating procedure is this:
>   >
>   >  1) Enable a sound to be played when the login prompt appears
>   >  2) Type the keystroke (press and hold Ctrl+s for more than a second)
>   >  3) Login
>   >
>   >  If it doesn't work on your system, you need to log a bug with the OS
>   >  distribution since accessible login failure is often (not always) a
>   >  problem with accessibility integration from the OS distribution.
>   >
>   >  Will
>   >
>   >  Peter Torpey wrote:
>   >  >  Is there any way to have Orca speak the login prompt?
>   >  >
>   >  >
>   >  >
>   >  >  Currently, Orca will start if I log in, but it would be nice if Orca
>   >  >  spoke prior to login.
>   >  >
>   >  >
>   >  >
>   >  >  Thanks.
>   >  >
>   >  >
>   >  >
>   >  >  --Pete
>   >  >
>   >  >
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