Re: [orca-list] orca on other desktops

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Highly recommended to remove one of the panels and put everything on to one.

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     B.H.
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  Dave Hunt wrote:
Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 03:45:02PM -0400

> It's been a while since I've looked at LXDE or XFCE, but Mate is perhaps
> your best bet for a light and accessible desktop.  There are a few minor
> annoyances but you can get work done.  An example of one of these is
> that file manager windows, in Icon mode, get announced as inaccessible,
> though the window is partially so. Similarly, and it may be related,
> when the cursor is on one of the file icons, orca things it is "not
> selected".  The state of multiple selection seems not to be reported at
> all.  Switching to List View may get you around this.  Another issue
> I've encountered while playing with the Mate and Orca combination is
> that, sometimes, orca has trouble putting focus onto panel widgets,
> especially when your layout has two panels.  A specific instance:  Start
> a system, using mate, and try connecting to a wifi spot.  You can put
> orca onto the "no network connection" icon, but when you hit 'space' to
> show the menu, nothing will happen; what's more: Orca seems stuck in the
> panel until you right-click something, and escape the menus.  Again, you
> can get around this one. In my LXDE and XFCE experiences, I had no
> access, at all, to the panels and notification area.  What distro are
> you using now?  You may be able to add a Mate session and try it.
>
> I'll suggest two options, here for a Mate distro:  Ubuntu Mate edition
> and Debian 8, with Mate chosen as desktop during network install.  Grab
> the Ubuntu Mate live cd from http://ubuntu-mate.org.  Once the live
> system is running, use 'ctrl+s' for speech, and select 'try ubuntu', to
> get a live session.  If orca doesn't start use 'alt+f2' and type orca,
> then hit enter.  Explore the system all you like, then use the
> fully-accessible installer, if you are ready.
>
> A final note:  I like the highly-tweaked Gnome Fallback setup, offered
> as Trisquel GNU/Linux default.  To get a live Trisquel session going,
> boot, and wait about a minute; orca will start, and you'll be on the
> desktop.
>
>
> That's quite a bit, and probably enough for now (from me, at least).  HTH,
>
>
> Dave  Hunt
>
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>
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