Re: [orca-list] Podcasts and/or audio tutorials needed

[Tony Baechler <tony baechler net>]

Perhaps it's just me, but if I'm going to install something, I want to 
actually hear what it sounds like.  I want to know what the voice sounds 
like, how to navigate the menus, what the screen reader says, how to restart 
it, etc.  You can't really do that with the written word.  Also, I want to 
feel like the person who is guiding me through these things actually knows 
what they're talking about.  Even the best, most human sounding synthesizer 
can't do that.  It can only read out what's in the written document.

Something else you haven't considered, but I know from experience is a real 
problem, is what do you do when you've booted the CD on your one and only 
computer and can't refer back to the documentation?  Once you know how to 
use Firefox in Orca, it's not a problem, but if you don't even know how to 
use Orca and how to navigate the desktop, how can you read the document?  If 
you have another computer, notetaker, Braille display with a memory, etc 
you're all set, but most of us (like me) don't.  Similarly, what if Linux 
doesn't have network drivers for your NIC and you can't use Firefox, Lynx or 
anything else online until you get the problem figured out?

On 9/4/2015 10:00 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> If they're using computers with Windows or the Mac, then the writings could
> be text or Word files or something else.  If they're using, say, an NLS
> digital player, then you'd want to be sure the audio instructions are very
> clear when telling how to type anything.  The audio guide for installing the
> talking Arch system and getting it set up is very good, but even with that I
> needed some help from online documentation.