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[orca-list] Installing ChromeVox [was "Re: Direct download link for firefox 24 for 64 bit ubuntu 13.4?"]

The following was posted to another list by someone else. Since this doesn't have much to do with Orca, I would suggest that this thread about ChromeVox be taken to another list. I didn't use these steps myself, since I've been using Chrome with ChromeVox for over a year now, and this method wasn't available when I used sighted assistance to get ChromeVox installed. It also used to be the case that Debian based distributions, such as Ubuntu, didn't include the native client support in Chromium, so ChromeVox wouldn't work. In that case, you could use Chrome as I'm doing and install it from Google's Chrome repository.
Here's the email from ~Kyle on the support list at accessiblefreedom.org. I included the footer from the original email so you can join that list if you want to and pick up this discussion on that list. 

It is now possible to use the Chromium browser with the help of
ChromeVox on a Linux OS, and the installation, although it takes a
little command line work, is completely eyes-free.

First you will need a copy of the Chromium browser installed on your
machine. Depending on your distro, the package will either be called
chromium or chromium-browser. Once the package is installed, find out
where it installed the Chromium libraries. This is usually
/usr/lib/chromium or /usr/lib/chromium-browser, again depending on your
distro. You can use tab completion from inside a terminal to help you.
Now gain root access, either via su or sudo -i and run the following
commands. For the purposes of this message, I will assume that your
distro installed the libraries in /usr/lib/chromium-browser, since that
is where they would be installed in any Debian derived distro, as well
as most others. If this is not the case, i.e. if you run Arch Linux,
replace /usr/lib/chromium-browser by /usr/lib/chromium in the commands
below.

mkdir /usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions
cd /usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions
wget http://the-brannons.com/kgejglhpjiefppelpmljglcjbhoiplfn.json

Exit the root shell in your terminal and then open the Chromium browser.
You will hear the normal ChromeVox sounds, and eSpeak will begin
speaking. Congratulations! ChromeVox is now installed and running in
Chromium! The only thing left to do is to change the ChromeVox modifier
keys, as the default control+alt conflicts with GNOME desktop shortcuts.
This can be done by first killing Orca, pressing the insert key twice to
enable sticky mode, and then pressing o twice to open the ChromeVox
options window. Tab to the ChromeVox modifier key and then just press
and release the key combination you wish to use. I used alt+shift, as
it's easy to reach and the normal ChromeVox functions shouldn't
interfere with other keyboard shortcuts. Once the modifier has  been
changed, it is safe to close this options window, as the option has been
saved automatically. You may now restart Orca, and the only
functionality you will lose is the sticky mode. I have found that
turning off Orca's speech at this point allows for the best use of
ChromeVox without conflicts from Orca speech. A big thank you goes out
to Chris Brannon for making the json file available for download and
installation into Chromium, and for providing the initial installation
instructions to the chrome-axs Google group. I should note here that
this method of installation works in Google Chrome as well, but the
directory where the file should be copied is different, and since this
list deals specifically with freedom software, I am only providing
instructions for installing into the free Chromium browser here. If you
wish to use Google Chrome, which is mostly Chromium with a few dubious
Google ... ehem ... enhancements, only the extensions directory should
change. Everything else should remain the same.
~Kyle
http://kyle.tk/.
-- "Kyle? ... She calls her cake, Kyle?" Out of This World, season 2 episode 21 - "The Amazing Evie" _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support accessiblefreedom org http://accessiblefreedom.org/mailman/listinfo/support_accessiblefreedom.org 

On 11/07/2013 02:33 PM, Alex Midence wrote:

How hard is Chrome with Chromevox to install?


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Milton
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 2:21 PM
To: Orca screen reader developers
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Direct download link for firefox 24 for 64 bit
ubuntu 13.4?

It is a must to have another browser ready for what we saw with Firefox 25.
I use Ubuntu 12.04 and installed Chromium from the software center.
Will Chromium works with Chromevox, if so, how can I get an accessible
Chromium?
Milton

op 07-11-13 19:26, Christopher Chaltain schreef:

Another option is Chrome with Chromevox. This gives you another
browsing option if anything should happen to Orca or Firefox or your
text based browsing options.


On 11/07/2013 12:50 AM, Rusty Perez wrote:

Thank you guys so much.
I really appreciate the help. I feel like a complete dweeb being
dependant on the net and the browser so much that I can't effectively
get certain things done. So, I appreciate your help.
This makes me want to get to know linx or links, or what ever that
text based browser is. :-)

Anyway, I'll check out both of these options!

Rusty

On 11/6/13, am_dxer fastmail fm <am_dxer fastmail fm> wrote:

The firefox is precompiled. In the directory, there is a file called
firefox that you can just run. I think the best way to use this
package would be to extract it to your home directory and run it from

there.

This package may complain about missing libraries. I am not very
familiar with debian based systems but I did a google search and
found a tool called apt-file which may help you install missing
libraries if you run into that problem. From its man page, it looks
like you first would run apt-file update to update package metadata for

this program.

Then you would run apt-file search followed by the file name of the
missing library. Descriptions of this program state that it will
return the package name that the library was found in. When you have
this info, you could install the missing lib packages in the usual way.

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013, at 08:44 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:

Hi DXer,
Well, I downloaded that, but I'm not sure what to do with it. It
isn't a .deb package I don't think, and there's no make file in there.
So, I completely admit that I may not know what I'm doing, but I
don't know what to do with that archive.

Thanks so much tough for finding it though!
I'm sortof at a standstill here and kindof frustrating.
You can bet that I will set my next installation of ubuntu not to
update packages! :-)

Thanks!
Rusty


On 11/6/13, am_dxer fastmail fm <am_dxer fastmail fm> wrote:

Here is a link to a firefox 24 built by mozilla. I have no idea if
this will work for you as I don't run ubuntu but its worth a shot.
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-24.1.0esr&os=linux&l
ang=en-US



On Tue, Nov 5, 2013, at 11:14 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:

Hi folks,
I'm having trouble finding a download of a .dev file to roll back
my firefox. Part of this is because I can't navigate web pages
very well the way things stand.
So, any help at all would be very much appreciated.
I'm running ubuntu 13.4 64 bit.
If you have another suggestion for me, I completely open!

Thanks!
Rusty
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Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out how to
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Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
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