Re: [orca-list] starting Ubuntu

["Chris Gilland" <cgilland1 carolina rr com>]

Well, yeah, that's great if you not an el cheapo and can afford a 10 
thousand dollar piece of equipment.  Lamentably? I can't.

Chris.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason White" <jason jasonjgw net>
To: <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] starting Ubuntu


> E.J. Zufelt <lists zufelt ca> wrote:
>
> > I have never gotten this to work, or perhaps once, but I am also working 
> > in
> > a virtual machine where the timing is trickier.  It is a major 
> > accessibility
> > failure in my opinion.  I like OS X where F5, or Function F5 always 
> > starts
> > VoiceOver, whether you are installing OS X or using someone else's Mac.
>
> My favourite is the Debian installer: if you have a USB braille display, 
> it is
> detected automatically during the boot process and BRLTTY is started so as 
> to
> make the installation procedure accessible. (There was a timing bug 
> related to
> this which Samuel Thibault was working on, but I don't know whether it has
> been fixed yet.)
>
> the point, however, is that no intervention is required; it just boots,
> detects the braille display and executes BRLTTY.
>
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