Re: [orca-list] trying to use Orca full-time, have some questions

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I think Vinux is more blind friendly than vanilla Ubuntu. First, Orca 
comes up talking on the live CD, so there's no need to know to push 
control+s or whatever the current hot key is. You also get Speakup 
working in your consoles. For the most part, accessible versions of the 
default applications are installed, such as Mangler, Pidgin, RhythmBox, 
Firefox, thunderbird and so on. You also get a wonderful support mailing 
list, a Mangler room, an IRC channel and a chance to Cry for Help (CFH), 
with applications like Mangler and IRSSI already configured to hook you 
up to these resources.

Note that it isn't hard to install these applications and configure them 
on stock Ubuntu, but the Vinux development team has taken the tedium out 
of having to do this for the advanced user and makes it easy for the 
novice user who may not know what to get or where to get it.

There are some drawbacks to Vinux. The focus is on stability, so Ubuntu 
12.04 Long Term Support (LTS) distribution is used for vinux right now, 
which means you won't be running the latest and greatest Orca and 
accessibility stack.

On 11/20/2013 06:39 PM, Julius Charles Serrano wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I am trying to slowly but steadily use Orca full-time (for work and
> for me personal use), and I'm hoping that someday I won't have to use
> the Micro$oft OS anymore.
>
> I just have a few questions:
>
> 1. I have chosen Vinux. Do you think this is the most
> screen-reader-friendly environment there is in Linux? Or is Vinux
> basically the same as the regular Ubuntu environment?
> 2. When using Firefox, NVDA has the insert + F7 feature to list the
> links on the page. Does Orca currently have the exact same feature?
> I've tried to look for it but I didn't find any info on this.
> 3. Lastly, if you could kindly point me to the latest *and most
> complete* Orca resource (shortcut keys, troubleshooting, etc), I'd
> greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thank you very much in advance, everyone.
>
> Julius
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