Re: [orca-list] [vmware] was accessible now not

[Christopher J Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 09:01:07AM -0800, Shane W wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 04:51:17PM +0100, Micha?? Zegan wrote:
> > About vmware, I think it's not possible for blind people to use machines
> > launched in it, even in text mode?
>
> Sure it is. I have my Windows workstation inside an vmware
> instance hosted on Debian. The win7 machine runs jaws so
> it's totally usable. I have a dos instance, usable with an
> external synth and a Linux instance for Asterisk into which
> I can ssh from any of the others.
>
> The problem isn't the VMs, it's workstation itself which
> used to speak with Orca but is now announced as
> inaccessible.
>
> Shane

I'm curious, is it better to run Windows as a client under Linux or the 
other way around. I always assumed it made more sense to run 
Linux as a client under Windows because I figured JFW (or your Windows 
screen readers) would be more particular about getting control fo the 
sound card.

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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain gmail com