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

Wow! That worked great!  Thanks for the response.  Just fyi, I won't be
joining any other lists.  I can barely keep up with the ones I'm on.  I've
pretty much left all lists except for this one and the Emacspeak list for
Linux stuff.  More than enough for me.  

Alex M


-----Original Message-----
From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 2:53 PM
To: 'Orca screen reader developers'
Subject: [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" 
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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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The manual is at 
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The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out 
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