Re: [orca-list] GNU/Linux Accessibility Summary--was Re: LXDE/Openbox menu accessibility

[Mike Ray <mike raspberryvi org>]

I will give it another go.  Last time I did they were just releasing
'alpha' images every day, none of which ever worked properly.  But I
guess it's matured some since then.


On 26/06/2014 21:19, John Heim wrote:
> I know  some of the sonar developers pretty well. they are good
> people. I wouldn't let that thing about the donate button bother me. 
> It might even be a mistake. I can't see at all so I have no idea how
> big the donate button is. Besides, maybe sonar is the greatest thing
> since round wheels and you're missing out because the donate button is
> too big on their web site. You wouldn't want that to happen, would
> you? I think the old saying, "You can't judge a book by it's cover,"
> applies here.
>
> The sonar developers have done a great job. I just recently went away
> from it because they switched over to an arch based system and I need
> to use a debian fork. But before that, I was impressed.
>
> On 06/26/14 08:59, Mike Ray wrote:
> > Thanks I will check out Paldo.
> >
> > I have not looked at Sonar for ages.  I am not sure I want to do much
> > with a distro where the PayPal donations button nearly fills the entire
> > screen.  Unless it's shrunk since the last time I was there.
> >
> > On 26/06/2014 14:27, D. A. H. wrote:
> > > Paldo
> > > http://paldo.org
> > >
> > > is another GNOME OOTB-Accessible GNU/Linux you should check out.  Its
> > > package selection may not be as big as that of others, but it seems
> > > well-maintained, and the lead developer seems responsive to feedback
> > > from users.  The live medium and basic installer can be used without
> > > sighted help; I'd suggest partitioning your target drive before
> > > starting the installer, if you plan to do something other than the
> > > entire system in one partition or a separate /home and root
> > > filesystem.  I had trouble accessing the 'advanced partition setup'
> > > routine within the installer.
> > >
> > > Have you checked out Sonar GNU/Linux lately?
> > > http://sonargnulinux.com
> > >
> > > It is an accessible GNOME distro, spun off the Manjaro GNOME edition.
> > > Manjaro is based on Arch, so you have all those resources.
> > >
> > > Last time I checked, the GNOME edition of Open Suse was installable
> > > and usable without sighted assistance.  The individual modules for its
> > > setup tool (YaST) are accessible, but not when they are launched from
> > > the YaST control panel.
> > >
> > > I understand that the GUI installer for Fedora can be used without
> > > help, but I had a lot of trouble; it seems, orca doesn't always get
> > > notified about changes as you make them.  Once running, a Fedora
> > > installation should be as accessible as anything else running GNOME.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 06/25/2014 06:51 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.
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-- 
Michael A. Ray
Analyst/Programmer
Witley, Surrey, South-east UK

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