Re: [orca-list] Fedora 10 and Orca

[Krishnakant <hackingkk gmail com>]

hello,
Regarding orca on fedora core 10,
I found it not so good.
This is not with reference to *orca* as such but with the *speech
synthesizer * and the output.

Try one funny thing.
after setting up orca on fedora core10 machine, open the menu by alt+f1
and scroll down rappidly with 3 or 4 key strokes of down arrow.
I found that there are 4 messages from the synthesiser, as if there are
4 people fighting to speak first!  I mean all the items get announced
together and cause a chaos.

And the overall output has been sluggish.

I know quite a few fokes from the fedora team because Redhat has their
office in my city.  Many people from their end are major contributers to
fedora.

I have recommended some changes to the core 11 release, we can hope that
there are certain improvements on that ground.

As a side note, I have requested those people to join the mailing list
so that willi and others can help them understand what needs to be done.

happy hacking.
Krishnakant.


On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 11:12 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Michael Ryan writes:
> > Hi all:
> >
> > Does Fedora 10 have an Orca accessibility install like Ubuntu?
> > I have a Intrepid System up and running now but want to try Fedora 10.
> > I have downloaded the f-10 live and tried the steps for Ubuntu to get it 
> > speaking but no go.
> If the Fedora Live CD detects your sound card, you will be OK with the
> following steps:
>
> 1.)   Boot the live CD and wait forever. There is no audio feedback
> while the system boots, GDM auto login proceeds, and the desktop loads.
>
> 2.)   Load the run dialog with Alt+F2. You should hear your CD ROM
> spin and you should get a beep by pressing backspace.
>
> 3.)   Type 'orca' and press enter. Be prepared to boost your audio
> volume substantially. It's very low be default.
>
> 4.)   Answer all the orca set up questions and say 'yes' to restarting
> Gnome.
>
> 5.)   Waith forever for the Gnome Desktop to reload--go get a cup of
> coffee, for instance.
>
> 6.)   Repeat steps #2 and #3 above.
>
> Janina
>
> > Thanks all:
> >
> > Mike
> >
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