Re: [orca-list] Hello

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

I'm using the Vinux distribution, and I didn't have any issues getting 
Gnome working. It's become my go to desktop.

Getting Thunderbird to work with my Gmail account and IMAP was a piece 
of cake. I think it was the default and all the settings just came up 
automatically.

I'm surprised you're having trouble with the spell checking dialog. It's 
one of my favorite features of Thunderbird and Orca. I find it works way 
better than the spell checker in Outlook with JAWS or NVDA. It reads the 
misspelled word and spells it in a slower rate. It automatically reads 
the context to me and then spells the first suggestion at a lower speed. 
I can then tab and arrow to my different word choices and my different 
options, like replace or skip.

I just use the web interface for Google Calendar on my PC. I use it with 
Orca and Firefox. I do have it pulling in other calendars.

I don't use Emacs with Orca but rather Emacspeak. If you're going to 
spend any time in Emacs, such as working with Org-mode, then I'd suggest 
building Emacspeak.

On 21/03/17 20:48, Austin Seraphin wrote:
> Hi everyone! I've used the Linux console for years with Speakup, but
> recently I became so fed up with the lack of progress with VoiceOver on
> the Mac that I decided to give the Linux desktop a try. I made an
> attempt ten or so years ago, but things have gotten much snappier. I use
> Arch Linux and Mate, perhaps a reason for this. I tried getting Gnome
> talking, but I just couldn't, but Mate came right up, so I've gone with it.
>
>
> I have a few basic questions for now.
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> I use the orca package, should I switch to the orca-git package in the AUR?
>
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> The help viewer often becomes unresponsive. I can't seem to read
> anything. Does it have some trick to it?
>
>
> I got Thunderbird working for email. IMAP took a little tweaking but I
> got it. Can anyone recommend a good calendar, especially one with CALDAP
> so I can use my iCloud shared calendars? I started trying the Lightning
> add on for Thunderbird. I also wouldn't mind finding an Emacs solution.
> Speaking of, I plan to use Org Mode a lot. I welcome any tips about
> Emacs and Orca, though so far running it in mate-terminal works well
> enough.
>
>
> I can't seem to figure out the spell checker in Thunderbird. It brings
> up the dialog with a misspelled word, but doesn't seem to display the word.
>
>
> Does Orca have something like the item chooser in VoiceOver? I know that
> you can bring up a list of different types of items, headings for
> example, but in the Item Chooser you can start typing to narrow the
> selection.
>
>
> Hm, as I write this email I notice problems navigating through the
> entirity line by line. Strange. Do I need to customize the view or
> screen layout in the composer a little more? Hmm.
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> That should do it for now, I'll likely think of more. So far things have
> gone quite well. Thanks for everyone's help. I feel very excited to use
> Orca.

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Christopher (CJ)
chaltain at Gmail