Re: [orca-list] MATE?

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Try speakup in console and not terminal.  Like this:

1.  Without logging into Gnome, Control alt f1 to get to console.  
2.  Enter username and password.
3.  Sudo apt-get install espeak espeakup
4.  Test sound:  espeak 'hello there'
5.  If you hear it talk, get a root prompt:  sudo -i
6.  Now, activate Speakup module:  modprobe speakup_soft start=1
7.  Lastly, launch Espeakup:  espeakup

Now, you can look around at what Mint has and see if any files are missing
or set your environment variables.  Ever since Linux 2.6.37, Speakup comes
built into the kernel by default unless a distribution specifically removes
it.  All you have to do from this point on when you want to launch Speakup
in a console session is to make sure gnome is not logged in which starts up
Pulse Audio and just repeat steps 5-7.

Hth,
Alex M
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Eigeldinger [mailto:simon eigeldinger vol at] 
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:08 AM
To: Alex Midence
Subject: Re: [orca-list] MATE?

hi,


short info about mate:
i got myself the linux mint 13 mate dvd.
seems orca is missing and i wasn't able to get into the gnome-terminal. 
seems that is not available in mate.

greetings,
simon


Am 20.07.2012 15:39, schrieb Alex Midence:
> They probably are accessible but you have to do some fancy configuring 
> under the hood somewhere.  There is probably a very long arcane string 
> of text to be entered into a terminal that flips a figurative switch and
gets it going.
> If it is based on Gnome to any great extent it will have all sorts of 
> a11y functionality built in.  You just have to find  out how to activate
it.
> Alex M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Eigeldinger [mailto:simon eigeldinger vol at]
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 8:28 AM
> To: Alex Midence
> Subject: Re: [orca-list] MATE?
>
> hi,
>
> well linux mint comes with mate or cinamon i guess the second one is
called.
> both i guess are not accessible.
> i tried i guess it was cinamon which didn't work at all.
> but now i am rethinking so i am not sure if it was mate or cinamon i
tried.
> maybe one of those might work but i don't know.
>
> greetings,
> simon
>
> Am 20.07.2012 14:49, schrieb Alex Midence:
> > Does Mate use the old a11y stack?  Isn't it essentially a fork of 
> > Gnome 2 but with all the gtk3 libraries?  Why use it instead of plain 
> > old Gnome in fallback or "classic" mode?
> >
> > Alex M
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: orca-list-bounces gnome org 
> > [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org]
> > On Behalf Of Simon Eigeldinger
> > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 7:24 AM
> > To: orca-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] MATE?
> >
> > hi,
> >
> > i tried once but i failed. wonder if this is just me but you can also 
> > try it but i didn't get it to work.
> >
> > greetings,
> > simon
> >
> >
> > Am 20.07.2012 13:52, schrieb Jean-Philippe MENGUAL:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'd like to test orca on MATE. Can someone tell me if he has already 
> > > tested succesfully or not? What release of orca could work? 2.30, 
> > > -xdesktop? Could 3.4.2 work on MATE? Has someone experienced and 
> > > what are conditions to work?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
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> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
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> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out 
> > how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
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