[orca-list] Fwd: New Trisquel 6 beta images bring extra accessibility

[Dave Hunt <ka1cey gmail com>]

I've been using these images since the day I got this mesage; Why is 
this not released yet; I find nothing lacking.  The latest image was 
made on 24-November; I'm running the 19-November image, and have applied 
updates.

To get an accessible live session, just wait; orca will start talking, 
and you'll be on the desktop.  If you install, with accessibility on, 
the installed system will start, with a talking gdm greeter.  Does 
anyone know how this was done?

Get the images at:  http://devel.trisquel.info/makeiso/iso/  the latest 
are at the bottom of the list.  To send feedback, why not join the 
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#trisquel irc channel on freenode.net.


Cheers,



Dave








-------- Original Message --------
Subject: New Trisquel 6 beta images bring extra accessibility
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:50:23 +0100
From: Rubén Rodríguez <ruben trisquel info>
Organization: Trisquel GNU/Linux
To: ka1cey gmail com, Jonathan Nadeau <jonathan accessiblefreedom org>


Hi Dave and Jonathan,

I just finished a new batch of Trisquel 6.0 beta images, this are now
very close to release. They include something that I'd like you guys to
try.

I've modified the boot loader in the live cd so if the 30 seconds
timeout runs out, orca is enabled by default. This should be transparent
to both blind and sighted users. Also, I've modified the session
starting scripts to accommodate this, making the session use metacity
instead of compiz when accessibility is on.

Also, I had to introduce a change to the panel, replacing the system
tray with the indicator applet. They do mostly the same, but the tray
is deprecated, and the indicator is cleaner. But you need to be aware
of that when navigating the panel with the keyboard, as when the
indicator applet grabs the focus you can navigate its contents with the
keys, but you need to press escape and then tab to move to the rest of
the panel again. Probably a little annoying, but then again, the items
in the indicator are easier to navigate than the items in the systray.

Looking forward to your input and suggestions,
--
Rubén Rodríguez
Trisquel project leader | http://trisquel.info