Re: [orca-list] Accessible Distros

[Mike Gorse <mgorse alum wpi edu>]

Doing the following should allow you to install OpenSUSE 12.1:

- Download the GNOME LiveCD (not the DVD--the DVD is QT-based and does not 
currently have Orca available during the installation).

- Burn/start the cd. Once the CD stops spinning / the desktop is up, press 
alt-f2, type orca, and press return.

- Go through the setup. Don't bother telling it to log you out at the end, 
since it won't work, but logging out shouldn't be necessary anyhow.

- Start Orca again.

- Start yast (press alt-f2, type /sbin/YaST2, noting capitalization, and 
press enter). Note: I've had someone report that YaST is inaccessible 
after doing this, and I think that I even saw it being inaccessible at the 
time when I tested, but now I'm not seeing that. It is possible that it 
takes a bit of time for the GSettings change to propagate after 
accessibility is enabled, so perhaps try closing and waiting a few seconds 
before re-opening if you run into this.

- Once yast starts, tab until Live Installer is focused, press enter, and 
then follow the directions. You should be able to complete the 
installation from this point, although you'll need to start Orca manually 
once you reboot and the system is up.

Hth,
-Mike

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012, Nimer M. Jaber, IC³ wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Has anyone tried accessing either Fedora (latest version) or OpenSuse
> 12.1? If so, are they accessible out of the box? How about the
> installer?
>
> Secondly, in Ubuntu 12.04, what is the process for logging into and
> activating speech after an install with speech? When I boot up I get
> no sound or speech even though I had speech during an accessible
> install.
>
> Thanks.
>
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