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Re: [orca-list] FW: what distro for orca?

Yes, Vinux is a wonderful choice. May wish to wait till 4.0 comes out for sure though. 

Alex M

On 6/1/2012 8:30 PM, Peter Torpey wrote:

You should definitely take a look at the various releases of Vinux.  This
distro was specifically made to be installed and run by visually impaired
users and comes ready to use with Orca, a magnifier, and braille support.

There are versions that can be installed as a virtual machine inside
Windows, versions that can be loaded and run from a thumb drive, versions
that can be installed on a separate partition, 32 and 64-bit versions, etc.

Vinux is based on Ubuntu but adds programs, modifications, and help
documentation to make it very accessible by the visually impaired.

--Pete

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:24 PM
To: Al Sten-Clanton
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Subject: Re: [orca-list] what distro for orca?

Yes and no.  Yes, it's there as a module as is the case with any kernel
after 2.6.37.  This has been the case since 11.04 Natty NarWhall.
However, it doesn't come with anything to make it talk like Espeakup or
Speechd-up.  You ahve to install that.  And, if you do, it's a royal
pain to get speech in the console.  You have to do it when Orca isn't
running and, preferably before launching your x session.  Once x is
running no matter what the desktop and Orca is fired up, you can forget
about speech in the console.  This is the case for any system with Pulse
in user mode.

Alex M


On 6/1/2012 5:15 PM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:


Do you know if Speakup comes with Ubuntu 12.04?  I'm about to get a
new box, and the ease of getting and using Speakup will be a key
consideration concerning which distro to install.  Thanks!

AlOn 01/06/12 16:27, Robert Cole wrote:

I have heard a lot fo great thigns about Trisquel, and I will have to
take a look at it someday soon.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 personally, and it works very well both as a
desktop system and in the area of accessibility also. Both Trisquel and
Ubuntu have completely accessible installers, so the installation
process should not require sighted assistance at all.

Others here on the list use Vinux (an Ubuntu-based distribution which
has many accessibility features up and running out of the box which
would require some configuring in other distributions), so you may see
some recommendation for it as well. I have heard a lot of great things
about it as well.. The best thing to do is to try to get some live CDs
or USB flash drives of these systems, try them out, and see which one
you prefer. We will be here to help along the way.

Take care.

On 06/01/2012 01:15 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:

I'm partial to Trisquel I18N Edition. http://trisquel.info




On 06/01/2012 04:10 PM, Andrea Roveretto wrote:

Hello to all!
what would be the best choice for a pretty inexpert linux user to
start
with orca now?
Is ubuntu still the best choice?
thanks
Andrea


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The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
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_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
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
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp


_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
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
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
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
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp

_______________________________________________
orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
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
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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