Re: [orca-list] orca with pulse audio

[Todor Fassl <fassl tod gmail com>]

Who is "we"? On a debian wheezy machine you get this:

Package: gnome-shell
Priority: optional
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 867
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers 
<pkg-gnome-maintainers lists alioth debian org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 3.4.2-7+deb7u1



On 05/21/14 11:49, Alex Midence wrote:
> Sounds outdated.  Gnome shell is quite accessible as of 3.4.  We are now in
> 3.12.  That's 6 releases out of date at least.
>
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> Fassl
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [orca-list] orca with pulse audio
>
> Possibly, you are experiencing the problem mentioned on the debian wiki.
> Here is what it says:
>
> "It can happen that you end up in a inadequately accessible GNOME 3 session.
> For instance, if you press  alt+f1 for the menu, nothing is spoken. This has
> to do with the not-yet well accessible GNOME shell."
>
> It then goes on to explain what to do about the problem. It didn't work for
> me though.
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/accessibility
>
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> On 05/21/14 03:56, Jason White wrote:
> > kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:
> > > I know I've been spamming the list lately and I'll do my best to cut
> > > back, but I just had to post this somewhere. Orca work just fine with
> > > pulseaudio, for the most part. The problem comes when you attempt to
> access a virtual console with speakup, whether it be via espeakup or
> speechd-up.
> > Just as a point of interest, if I run Orca on my laptop and then
> > switch to a virtual terminal, I can use Speakup with ESpeakup, with
> PulseAudio running.
> > Debian is configured to route everything through PulseAudio, including
> > the default ALSA device, if I remember correctly. The sound card is an
> > on-board Intel audio controller, fairly standard laptop hardware.
> >
> > Of course, braille support with BRLTTY works everywhere and can
> > seamlessly switch between Orca and the console.
> >
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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
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