Re: [orca-list] LXDE/Openbox menu accessibility

["Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" <hanksmith hanksmith net>]

let me know what the address of the page will be when u get it done, I 
would be interested in this info personally
Hank

On 6/25/2014 3:51 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
> Great stuff.  I'm collecting all this info.  I'd like to create some
> kind of resource, a web page I guess just devoted to getting an
> accessible Linux up and running totally without any sighted assistance.
> I would not want to put anything on there I haven't tested and verified.
> The aim would be for posting enough information about
> Arch/Debian/Trisquel or any other distro with Gnome/LXDE/XFCE/Mate or
> any other desktop, or just a speaking console.  And again, enough
> reliable info for a newbie to do it with NO sighted assistance.  Of
> course setting the BIOS boot sequence is something we can't do without
> eyes.  But nothing else on the pages that require sighted assistance.
> Maybe I'm just stubborn and over-independent.
>
> Finding stuff online is often difficult and when you do find something
> it isn't always either accurate or up to date.
>
> So this discussion is very useful.
>
>
>
> On 25/06/2014 20:41, D. A. H. wrote:
> > Hi, Folks!
> >
> > Once mate is running, go to menus->system->preferences->accessibility
> > and enable orca autostart for future sessions.  With the lines shown
> > below, in a file in /etc/profile.d/, you'll have a mate session as
> > accessible as it can be.  To make the 'alt+tab' key stroke speak, you
> > can switch your window manager to metacity.
> > \
> > First install metacity from your distro's main software repository.
> > then, in a terminal, type:
> > gsettings set org.mate.session.required-components windowmanager metacity
> >
> > To try metacity without making the change persistent,  do, either in a
> > terminal or the 'run' dialogue
> >
> > metacity --replace
> >
> > To revert, type the 'gsettings' line, above, substituting 'marco' for
> > 'metacity'.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/25/2014 02:00 PM, Richard wrote:
> > > Try the following in Gnome, if you have it before you try logging into
> > > Mate.
> > >
> > > sudo gedit /etc/profile.d/gtk.sh
> > >
> > > Add the following 2 lines
> > >
> > > #accessibility enabled
> > > export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > 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

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