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

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

hi
These are all really good points, and one of the reasons I made sure to
include good documentation right on the desktop. If you run into
problems, you press enter on the "users guide" icon and the document
opens, ready for you to read. As for hearing what it sounds like, I
agree 100 percent. It's why I've been trying to figure out how to record
both the speech and my voice, so I can do an audio video podcast on
sonar and vinux. You're absolutely right, hands on experience is more
helpful than words.
Thanks
Kendell clark


On 09/06/2015 08:26 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
> 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.
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