Re: [orca-list] Orca on a thumb drive

[Hunter Jozwiak <hunter t joz gmail com>]

I think his question is a good one for the times when you don't have an 
Internet connection.
On 12/28/2014 06:31 PM, Francisco Javier Dorado Martinez wrote:
> Hi Glenn, all
>
> Since Orca is "built in" the desktop, there is no reason to have it on 
> a external thumb drive.
> When you use a distro with GNOME desktop all that you have to do is press
> meta + alt + s to activate screen reader, same as in an Apple's 
> machine the screen reader comes with the desktop.
> However, with Orca you can carry the preferences in a thumb drive and 
> load Orca with the -u command line switch, and specify the directory 
> where your preferences are located.
> If for some reason Orca is not installed in your distro sure that you 
> will find it on the repositories for that distro.
>
> Regards, take care and happy new year everyone!
>
> Javier
> El 28/12/14 a las 16:40, Glenn / Lenny escribió:
> > Hi,
> > I am guessing that this is not possible, since it has never been 
> > done  to my
> > knowledge.
> > But in trying to get Orca going on distros with no voice feedback is a
> > challenge.
> > I wonder why we could not have Orca on a thumb drive and plug in the 
> > drive,
> > and open the drive, since it should appear on the desktop, and use 
> > first -
> > letter navigation to the executable file and press enter on it.
> > I do this with NVDA in windows, and it would be handy here too.
> > Glenn
> >
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