Re: [orca-list] announcing another accessible distro, ubuntu-mate

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

You forgot Fedora.

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> On Oct 9, 2014, at 5:25 PM, kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:
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> hi all
> I'm pleased to announce another distribution available to blind
> people, ubuntu-mate. I'm not a dev for it, so I'll try to be short.
> It's basically ubuntu 14.10 with mate, and lightdm. It's just like
> using vinux. You hear thr drumbs, you press windows+alt+s to turn on
> the screen reader. I myself had to launch orca manually, but it worked
> out of the box. THe desktop icons read, the menus, all apps, etc. I'd
> still recommend upgrading to a later version of orca for teh firefox
> fixes and the remapping of nautilus to marco so that the alt tab
> switcher reads, but other than that it's accessible. Mate itself still
> has some minor issues to be worked out, such as qt apps sometimes
> freezing the mate panel, and qt applets being completely silent with
> orca. If the panel ever freezes, open the run dialog with alt+f2 and
> type mate-panel --replace. That'll fix it. The installer is
> accessible, and it installs and boots fine. It does one thing I've
> been struggling to get sonar to do, work with uefi. I may have to get
> on the ubuntu mate devs for that. I'm rambling, so will sign off. Just
> thought I'd throw this out there as another accessible option. So far
> we have, *vinux
> *ubuntu, all derivitives as long as they haven't ripped out orca
> *debian net install, although I haven't tested this one in a while
> *trisquel
> *arch
> *sonar
> *f123 (have never used it, but it's an option).
> That's it off the top of my head, although any distro can be made
> accessible with the right packages, but those are the most accessible
> out of the box that I know of
> If I'm missing one, please let me know
> Thanks
> Kendell clark
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