Re: [orca-list] quick questions on orca and arch linux

[hackingKK <hackingkk gmail com>]

Just 2 quick queries.
firstly, does the espeak modified version of arch come with espeak or 
will speakup need a hardware synth?
And secondly, once the base installation is done (I guess it is command 
line setup ) will the further setup of gnome and other things be accessible?
And which version of gnome gets installed with latest version of arch?  
I guess orca version 2.30 can be installed as well.

Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On Wednesday 14 April 2010 12:29 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 09:40:06AM +0530, hackingKK wrote:
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> > I would like a summary on the following.
> > 1, is it possible to Install arch using orca?
> >      
> No, it is text based so gnome/orca are not involved at that point.
>
>    
> > 2, is the installer graphical or text based?
> >      
> Text based.  A Speakup-modified ISO is available to help with this.
>
>    
> > 3, how easy it is to install gnome on arch?
> >      
> Basically, use the Arch package installer, pacman to install two
> package groups - gnome and gnome-extra.  I believe xorg gets installed
> implicitly with this sequence.  After installing those groups,
> manually start up Orca for the first time with Alt-F2 and it should
> work.
>
>    
> > 4, what are the superior points of arch, specially in context to
> > accessibility and Orca?
> >      
> I like Arch for the rolling updates and ease of building new
>    
> > packages.  Application packages are easy to examin and create.  I'm
> > not sure that a11y is particularly better than any other distro
> > though.
> >      
>    
> > Can any one provide me links to any tutorial which would help me
> > install arch and gnome with no sighted assistance?
> >      
> Where I sit right now, I can't dig up the links but I think if you
>    
> > were to go to something like wiki.archlinux.org, you could find
> > links to Chris Brannon's modified ISO and instructions to get
> > sstarted.
> >      
> I need to update the Orca wiki's installation section with details for
> Arch Linux.
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