Re: [orca-list] Anyone else using Orca on BSD

[am_dxer fastmail fm]

I used Qemu on a Linux live usb to do the install. Qemu is a program
that allows you to direct output from inside virtual machines to the
terminal that it is running on. This allows you to use Speakup or Orca
on the live usb to read the text from FreeBSD which runs in the virtual
machine. Then what I do is specify the actual hard drive in my machine
as the drive for the virtual machine in qemu. After you do the install
and get everything set up with Orca, you can shut down the virtual
system, and the live usb. You can then boot your actual computer off the
drive that you used the virtual machine to install on.

Start Qemu with a command like: qemu-system-x86_64 --curses -cdrom
"path-to-FreeBSD iso" --drive
format=raw,file="path-to-harddrive-in-machine"

If your machine has hardware virtualization, you could add the
--enable-kvm flag to the command to drastically speed up the performance
of the virtual machine. The default memory allocated to the virtual
machine by default is quite low. If you have extra ram, use the -m
argument to the command above to allocate more. For example, -m 1024
will give the machine 1 gb of ram.

On Fri, May 27, 2016, at 09:52 AM, Jonathan Nadeau wrote:
> Interesting how do you get speech for installing?
>
>
> On 05/27/2016 09:24 AM, am_dxer fastmail fm wrote:
> > I have used both XFCE and Mate with success.
> >
> > On Fri, May 27, 2016, at 09:14 AM, Jonathan Nadeau wrote:
> > > What desktop are you using?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 05/27/2016 08:24 AM, am_dxer fastmail fm wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I was wondering if anyone on this list was using Orca on BSD. I was a
> > > > distro hopper since I started in the free software world a few years ago
> > > > but have been using FreeBSD now consistently for about a year. FreeBSD
> > > > offers many unique features like The Z File system, a wonderful way of
> > > > installing software called Ports, and a multi channel audio system
> > > > called OSS that is very reliable with low sound latency. Because the
> > > > community is so spread out, I thought this might be a good place to post
> > > > an inquiry like this to see if there are any other users working with
> > > > Orca on this system as well. I use it as my primary operating system so
> > > > have spent quite a bit of time using it and discovering its features. I
> > > > would like to get a group together to talk about accessibility on BSD if
> > > > there is interest in this area.
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > orca-list gnome org
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> > > > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
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> > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org