Re: [orca-list] Chromium browser a11y

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

Well, I don't really think this is on topic for the Orca list. Also, the
steps are kind of high level and require sighted assistance, unless
someone else knows differently.

1) Install Google Chrome. Note that Chromium doesn't work with ChromeVox.
You can get the instructions on how to install Google Chrome from a site
like http://www.krizna.com/ubuntu/install-google-chrome-ubuntu-12-04/
where it says

We can install chrome from google official repository . first we need to
add the repository source to the update manager.
Step 1 » Set up key .
krizna leela:~$ wget -q -O -
https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
Step 2 » Type this command exactly to add chrome repositories .
krizna leela:~$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb
http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >>
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'
Step 3 » Now Update the package list .
krizna leela:~$ sudo apt-get update

Step 4 » Finally install google chrome
krizna leela:~$ sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable

google chrome ubuntu 12.04

2) From within Google Chrome, go to the web store and install the
ChromeVox extension. Since you do this from within Chrome, and since
Orca doesn't give you access with Chrome, I'm not sure how to do this
without sighted help. Note that if you've done this on another system,
you should be able to log into Chrome and that set up on the other
system will be reflected, but you still need to log into Chrome without
ChromeVox and without much help from Orca.

3) Also from the web store, install a TTS, such as the default US female
TTS.

After you wait for this TTS to be downloaded, ChromeVox should just
start talking to you.

I don't think the Google TTS is coming to speech-dispatcher. I think
it's rather that ChromeVox now supports speech-dispatcher as a TTS
option, although I haven't done this myself.


On 22/02/13 10:47, Eric Heil wrote:
> Hello,
> Thank you all for all your messages. I really appreciate the help. So, can anybody post some steps to get 
> this all working. Also, is it TTS enable any repository? What about for the official chrome builds. That is 
> also beautiful that TTS will be coming to speak dispatcher. She actually sounds really good. I wish at some 
> point that the Google TTS could be open-source. I'm 
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 22, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com> wrote:
>
> > I use ChromeVox with Google Chrome quite successfully on Ubuntu.
> > ChromeVox won't read the menus and dialogues, but Orca will do that for
> > you. You also need to use Google Chrome and not Chromium.
> >
> > On 21/02/13 21:23, Guy Schlosser wrote:
> > > Chromevox works nicely. You also need the google tts, but i can't wait
> > > til speech-dispatcher works with it. I've read that it's supposed to,
> > > but it's not on my machines. The google tts is ok, but too quiet.
> > >
> > > P.S. you actually need chrome, not chromium for chromevox.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Bill Dengler <billkd314159 gmail com
> > > <mailto:billkd314159 gmail com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Try the Chromevox extension. It's almost the same screen reader I get
> > > > when I presss CTRL+ALT+z on the welcome screen of my chromebook.
> > > >
> > > > On 02/21/2013 08:16 PM, hank smith, and seeing-eye dog iona wrote:
> > > > > have u tried chrome?
> > > > > On 2/21/2013 6:00 PM, Erik Heil wrote:
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > > Just for kicks, I decided to play with Chromium, the open-source version
> > > > > > of Google Chrome for a11y testing. From what I see so far, Orca can read
> > > > > > the menu bar, but doesn't yet have accessibility to browser dialogs or
> > > > > > anything yet close to HTML elements. Clearly, there is going to have to
> > > > > > be some work done on this before its approaching primetime
> > > > > > While Firefox is certainly anc indeed accessible, it doesn't support
> > > > > > HTML5-based filesystem storage, which I need access too for app
> > > > > > development. Currently, Chromium and its friends are the only
> > > > > > alternative. So, what do you all think? p.s., html5 filesystem storage
> > > > > > is *not* the same as the DB API that's a part of html5. the DB API
> > > > > > simply give apps access to a local SQL datastore, which can be
> > > > > > manipulated by the web app that requested the resource. the filesystem
> > > > > > API allows client-side apps to store data within a sandboxed portion of
> > > > > > the user's local filesystem. Data can be non persistent or persistent,
> > > > > > depending on the app's policy which is defined within the application
> > > > > > manifest.
> > > > > > --Erik
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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> > > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
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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
> >
> > -- 
> > Christopher (CJ)
> > chaltain at Gmail
> > _______________________________________________
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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

-- 
Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail