Re: [orca-list] ubuntu 13.04

[Rob Whyte <fudge thefudge net>]

Hi,
Bill don't you think you have made your personal feelings about Vinux
clear enough on this list?

We have all seen people come and go who help people quite well like
yourself but also push their opinions onto others all of the time.
As I have tried to communicate to you off-list you have a tallent with
technology and are a helpful person.
Why wreck a good image?

I will not be drawn into any distro dissing and this is all I intend on
saying on the matter.

Best regards
Rob Whyte



Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux) wrote:
> 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
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > 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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