Re: [orca-list] Trisquel

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

On 07/06/12 12:20, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> I tried Thunderbird 13.
> But no luck.
> I press enter on the executable, but Orca does not respond for long time.
> My wife looked at the screen and told me that password prompt had come
> long before Orca ever responded.
> This means that there is some veard thing happening with Orca.

I don't see this problem with Thunderbird 12 and Orca 3.1.9.

> All other things such as the list of emails not working with Orca after
> a new email is received are well known to users.

I also don't see this problem.

> I guess we are also aware that Key echo and word echo does not work when
> we write an email.

I do see this problem.

I think these problems are well understood, and I think w'ere waiting
for fixes from Mozilla, but I just found i interesting that I don't see
these problems with Orca xdesktop-3.1.9.

> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.
>
> On 06/07/2012 09:42 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> > I don't know anything about Trisquel, but couldn't you use apt-get to
> > update Firefox?
> >
> > Also, I'm still running Vinux 3.2.1 with Gnome 2 and Orca 3.1.9 on my
> > production system. I recently upgraded from Thunderbird 3.1 to
> > Thunderbird 12, and I don't have any problems with Thunderbird at all.
> > could it be the problems that people are seeing with newer versions of
> > Thunderbird have to do with the interaction between the newer versions
> > of Thunderbird and the newer versions of Orca or one of the pieces of
> > the accessibility infrastructure?
> >
> > On 07/06/12 01:57, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> > > Well, with reference to Trisquel, this is my ideal wishlist.
> > > 1, latest version of Firefox and Orca to make web accessibility like in
> > > Ubuntu Precise
> > > 2, preferabally an older version of thunderbird may be 3.1 or so
> > > 3, a well behaved version of Libre Office calc
> > > Rest all seems to be perfectly ok.
> > > Happy hacking.
> > > Krishnakant.
> > >
> > > On 06/06/2012 07:50 PM, Thomas Ward wrote:
> > > > Hi Krishnakant,
> > > >
> > > > When I checked the beta it was using Gnome 3.2 and Orca 3.2.1 I
> > > > believe. However, Gnome 3.2 was setup to boot in fallback mode so it
> > > > had a Gnome 2.x look and feel. As Dave says it is quite accessible,
> > > > but I prefer Ubuntu as I have access to newer packages etc faster.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers!
> > > >
> > > > On 6/6/12, Krishnakant Mane<krmane gmail com>  wrote:
> > > > > Huh, Ubuntu 11.10?
> > > > >
> > > > > Which version of gnome 3 and Orca comes with it?
> > > > > Happy hacking.
> > > > > Krishnakant.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 06/06/2012 06:39 PM, Dave Hunt wrote:
> > > > > > Trisquel is a desktop Linux distribution, for use in homes, small
> > > > > > enterprises, and educational settings, containing only free software,
> > > > > > and has the endorsement of the Free Software Foundation.  It is based
> > > > > > on Ubuntu 11.10, but with Unity, Ubuntu1, Software Center, Ubuntu
> > > > > > branding, and support for proprietary firmware and applications
> > > > > > removed, leaving a performant, stable, and reliable classic Gnome 3
> > > > > > experience.  I run Trisquel on an Asus netbook, very well.  Please
> > > > > > visit http://trisquel.info to download the system and learn more.  If
> > > > > > you boot the I18N DVD edition, orca will come up talking at system
> > > > > > start.  Once the system is live-booted, you have a fully-functional
> > > > > > Trisquel environment, from which you can test it for compatibility
> > > > > > with your hardware, run the included apps, install the system to your
> > > > > > hard drive or a virtual machine, and more.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Dave
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >    for
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 06/06/2012 07:44 AM, William Gallik wrote:
> > > > > > > I'm interested in purchasing a somewhat older PC (probably 18-24
> > > > > > > months
> > > > > > > old) and installing Linux exclusively on that computer. I joined
> > > > > > > this
> > > > > > > list so I can first get some insights as to issues for blind
> > > > > > > computer
> > > > > > > users working on a Linux/Orca platform. As such, I have some
> > > > > > > questions
> > > > > > > of curiosity:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1) What is Trisquel and what is it for? Is it a Linux/Unix
> > > > > > > application?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 2) When Daniel related that he's using a Mac Mini with VMWare
> > > > > > > Fusion,
> > > > > > > I'm assuming that this means that a Linux OS is being emulated
> > > > > > > through
> > > > > > > the Mac native OS (although I understand the Mac OS kernel is in
> > > > > > > fact
> > > > > > > Unix). How does that work, to get one of the screen readers to
> > > > > > > function
> > > > > > > I mean?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I want to migrate to a Linux system because I'm a retired Software
> > > > > > > Engineer from Bell Laboratories and honestly prefer Unix and it's
> > > > > > > various versions to any version of Windows.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----------------
> > > > > > > Holland's Boy, Bill
> > > > > > > - "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."
> > > > > > > - unknown -- but I'm sure any one of a number of us could claim
> > > > > > > it as
> > > > > > > our own! ;-)
> > > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > > 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
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail