Re: [orca-list] ubuntu 13.04

["Bill Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux)" <billkd2008 gmail com>]

Vinux is oversimplified to the point that users write me off list and 
say that a message with commands for them to paste into a terminal 
window is "overly complicated".
I know I'm bringing back the old "do we need accessible Gnu/Linux 
distros anymore" thread, but with the release of 13.04, we don't. 
Libreoffice reads, unity reads, if you don't like it switch to Gnome, if 
you don't like Ubuntu's Gnome switch to Arch or Debian or Fedora or Open 
Suse or whatever, if you think those distros have "overly complicated" 
install processes then deal with Ubuntu's modified and partially out of 
date Gnome or Unity.
Bill
On 04/27/13 22:20, Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> I agree with you that there are accessibility issues with Ubuntu 
> 13.04, but I don't think the lack of menus for Accessories, Graphics, 
> Sounds and so on is an accessibility issue. It's not like sighted 
> users have access to those menus but blind users don't. It may be 
> something you don't like with Unity, but it's not an accessibility 
> issue. BTW, in Vinux there's an indicator which gives you the same 
> menu structure you're talking about. Maybe this indicator would do the 
> same thing in Ubuntu 13.04.
>
> On 04/27/2013 07:23 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
> > Hi
> > since there are some accessibility issues in ubuntu13.04 with unity for
> > example there are no menus such as accessories, graphics and sounds and
> > others... I went into a terminal and
> > sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
> > sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback
> >
> > but orca is not speaking in gnome. the desktop speaks and also hitting
> > alt+f2 won't run orca or it seems not to do so. I also used the fedora
> > accessibility guide and typed this into a terminal.
> >
> > GSETTINGS_BACKEND=dconf gsettings set
> > org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-reader-enabled true'
> > Debian-gdm || true
> >
> > maybe I'm missing something or I entered something in wrong? I'm going
> > to erase the ubuntu13.04 vm and try again from a fresh install maybe
> > some packages were not installed correctly so gnome will talk. also is
> > xfce or lxde accessible yet? if so I would prefer to use one of those in
> > ubuntu13.04.
> >
> > josh
> > _______________________________________________
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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
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp