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

["ashley" <ash cox talktalk net>]

Hi,
The installation cd comes with speakup, so you will not need a hardware 
synth to install, and yes, the installation of gnome is fully accessible. It 
is, however, necessary to setup the configuration files and sound systems 
etc as Michael explained in his guide, before rebooting the system.
ash
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From: "hackingKK" <hackingkk gmail com>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] quick questions on orca and arch linux


> 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:
> >
> > > 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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