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Re: [orca-list] orca and lxde or xfce

hi,

i just sent a message to the dev of knoppix adriane.
maybe he can send us some info about how to get orca running on lxe.
oh and yes. adriane comes with firefox and i guess also libre office preinstalled. 

greetings,
simon

On Fri, 11 May 2012 10:40:00 +0530
 Krishnakant Mane <krmane gmail com> wrote:
I am interested to know if Adrian also has all other utilities accessible? 
Can I run firefox, Libre Office etc on it?
Happy hacking.
Krishnakant.

On 05/11/2012 10:35 AM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:

hi robert,
i know adriane now for a while and yeah it runs lxde and quite stable. 
i might ask the dev what he has done to make orca work in lxde.
hope i can post something here.
i guess lxde could not be just a alternative to low end systems. it is also very fast on recent box which is quite nice. 

greetings,
simon


On Thu, 10 May 2012 16:33:22 -0700
 Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com> wrote:

Hello, Hank.
I am going to forward your e-mail and my response to the Orca List in case anyone else is curious about this. I hope that this is okay. 

The main page for Knoppix can be found at http://knoppix.net/.
The Knoppix Download page is here: http://knoppix.net/get.php. You are given three options:
1. Download Knoppix via Bittorrent: http://torrent.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/ 2. Download Knoppix via a list of FTP Mirrors: http://knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html 3. Buy a copy. I will not list the links for this option as I do not believe that you can purchase CDs, DVDs, and USB keys containing ADRIANE Knoppix, but rather just a regular Knoppix installation.
On either of the download pages (whether you use the Bittorrent link or the FTP mirrors), you want to be sure to get the latest version of ADRIANE Knoppix, not just plain Knoppix. Keep in mind that, right now, the latest version of Knoppix is at 6.7.1, and it uses an older version of Orca (unless I am mistaken). From my reading, however, Knoppix 7.0 should be out eventually. 

Here is a little bit about aDRIANE Knoppix for your reading:
Adriane Knoppix is a variation that is intended for blind <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness> and visually impaired <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_impairment> people, which can be used entirely without vision oriented output devices. It was released in the third quarter of 2007 as a Live CD. /Adriane Knoppix/ is named after Adriane Knopper, the wife of Klaus Knopper, the developer of Knoppix. Adriane has a visual impairment, and has been assisting Klaus with the development of the software.^[12] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix#cite_note-11> The name Adriane is also a backronym <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym> for "Audio Desktop Reference Implementation And Networking Environment". 

I hope that this is helpful.

Take care.

On 05/10/2012 04:13 PM, Hank Smith wrote:

where can I get this knopix cd from?
Hank
On 5/10/2012 4:04 PM, Robert Cole wrote:

Hello, Simon.
I do not have really a good answer for you on this one other than the fact that I have used a Live USB version of ADRIANE Knoppix which uses LXDE as its GUI desktop environment, and it has Orca installed by default for blind users. At least under the Knoppix environment many things seem to work pretty well.
As far as getting this up and running on, say for example, Lubuntu (the LXDE version of Ubuntu) I really have no clue how to do it or how it would work. I was actually able to get magnification working on an Lubuntu installation which I did for my mother-in-law last week using the Compiz eZoom plugin and replacing OpenBox with Compiz for window management, and it was fairly easy. I think that LXDE would be a great alternative for lower-end systems, especially if it could be completely accessible with Orca.
the system on which I installed Lubuntu was probably over ten years old. It originally ran windows XP, but them someone installed an illegal copy of Windows 7 onto it. My mother-in-law was tired of the spyware and the crippling effect of not running a legitimate version of Windows 7, so I installed Lubuntu onto the system and it worked wonderfully!
From my understanding, LXDE is *supposed* to be GTK-based...now mind you that this is from my understanding, which quite often can be incorrect. But as I mentioned earlier, it would be a wonderful option for blind users who have older computer systems.
I am sorry that I cannot be of more help. All that I can really advise is to give ADRIANE Knoppix a try in a live environment or in a virtual machine. It starts off talking and has text-based menus on screen by default; you have to go through and select a menu option for running a GUI environment. 

Once again, I am sorry that I cannot be of more help to you.

On 05/10/2012 12:48 AM, simon eigeldinger vol at wrote:

hi all,

anyone know how good orca runs on lxde or xfce?

How do install orca to use those desktop environments?

greetings,
simon

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orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
http://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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orca-list mailing list
orca-list gnome org
http://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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