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

[Jonathan Nadeau <j nadeau charter net>]

Yeah you should have no problem with it. In Orca 13.10 it ships with a
new speech server called speech hub wich voxin is very easy to instal on.


On 11/21/2013 02:50 PM, John G. HeimJohn Heim wrote:
> Well, I'm logged into gnome as a local user and I'm logged in at the
> console with my network login. I can switch back and forth with no
> problems. I'm thinking of switching to sonar full time.  That problem
> with espeak was the one thing keeping me from upgrading from debian
> squeeze. The version of orca in debian squeeze is really deficient but
> at least it was stable and always worked as far as it went.
>
> I wonder if I'm going to be able to get voxim working. The one problem
> i have with espeak is that I can type faster than it can echo my
> keystrokes. That doesn't happen with voxim.
>
> On 11/21/2013 01:21 PM, Jonathan Nadeau wrote:
> > That is good news I stand corrected. I will have to put up some new
> > images with this fix then. Thanks John!
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/21/2013 02:12 PM, John G. HeimJohn Heim wrote:
> > > Jonathan,
> > >
> > > I am running this from a new sonar linux install and I have to
> > > disagree with you... The talking console does indeed work.
> > >
> > > # echo speakup_soft >> /etc/modules
> > > # modprobe speakup_soft (or reboot)
> > > # apt-get install espeakup
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/21/2013 01:00 PM, Jonathan Nadeau wrote:
> > > > Sorry no I don't have that working sadly. I know it is a deal breaker
> > > > for some people but the only way it works is with the work around that
> > > > Luke has come up with. We will be taking a closer look at it with the
> > > > version of Sonar based off of Manjaro/archlinux
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11/21/2013 11:07 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Jonathan,
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you get talking console in that one?
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex M
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of
> > > > > Jonathan
> > > > > Nadeau
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:13 PM
> > > > > To: Julius Charles Serrano; orca-list gnome org
> > > > > Subject: Re: [orca-list] trying to use Orca full-time, have some
> > > > > questions
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >    you might want to check out Sonar here is a link. The latest
> > > > > version of
> > > > > Sonar is using ubuntu 13.10 and it is running orca 3.10 here is the
> > > > > link
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.sonargnulinux.com
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 11/20/2013 07:39 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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> > > > > The manual is at
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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