Hi Wow, you’ve most definitely done your homework! You’ve checked all the boxes I would’ve done. You made the display managers speak, and I don’t know if I could have managed that. I was about to suggest a mate image. I have no objection to compiz as long as it’s accessible, and you wouldn’t include it if it weren’t, so fantastic job! I’ve gotta try it, I’ve never run a slack based distro. So the iso does speak when installed? If that’s the case, then either there is no bug in speech dispatcher and orca, or the bug is limited to just antergos and arch based distros. I can’t wait to try the iso out when you release it. I’ll probably also subscribe to twitter feeds and email lists, if there are any. Thanks Kendell Clark sent from my windows ultrabook From: Didier Spaier Hi Kendell, Slint is based on Slackware but easier to install and use, including package management with dependencies resolutions and update notifications. Hopefully tomorrow I will publish a big update with a new ISO with enhanced a11y (Mate with Compiz and Emerald, better speech handling in test as in graphical modes). Orca is included with espeak-ng and seech-dispatcher, espeakup and espeak in text mode, braille enabled in both cases, lightdm and gdm2 speak as well. Several graphical environments are included: KDE (optional), LXDE, MATE, XFCE and also light window managers Help is very welcome to enhance it. I am the developer, so it should be easy to get in touch with him... <didier~at~slint~dot~fr> No irc yet but a mailing list: http://slint.fr/mailman/listinfo/slint_slint.fr I am eager to hear from you. Greetings, Didier Spaier Le 31/01/2018 à 00:23, kendell clark a écrit : > Hi > > You know, I’ve never looked much at slackware and distros based on it. Nothing against slackwear, but it’s got an intimidating rep. No dependency resolution, a few steps above lfs. Probably undeserved by now, I seem to remember someone telling me it’s had a good packaging system for a decade, so I’ll make a note to have a look. Is it a desktop image, with orca included and such? Does it have an irc channel or some way of getting in touch with it’s developers? I want to be able to suggest a11y fixes if it needs any. More, I want to help get those fixes in, not just ask for features. We need to all band together now and give as much help to sighted and non sighted devs alike if Linux is to remain the great accessible option it is. > > Thanks > > Kendell Clark > > > > > > sent from my windows ultrabook > > > > *From: *matthew dyer <mailto:ilovecountrymusic483 outlook com> > *Sent: *Tuesday, January 30, 2018 9:53 AM > *To: *kendell clark <mailto:coffeekingms gmail com> > *Subject: *RE: [orca-list] planning to return > > > > Kendell, > > > > Have you looked at slint? Its another Linux distro based on slack wae. You can go to slint.fr for all the info. Just a thought. > > > > Matthew > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 > > > > *From: *kendell clark <mailto:coffeekingms gmail com> > *Sent: *Tuesday, January 30, 2018 4:57 AM > *To: *orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org> > *Subject: *Re: [orca-list] planning to return > > Hi > > Absolutely I’d be willing to work with the debian community. Actually, what I’ll probably do is work with the Linux-a11y organization to improve it’s documentation, that way all Linux distros benefit. I’ll also be working with individual Linux distros, like antergos, to fix specific issues, but will be working for Linux as a whole. It’s what I should’ve done from the start, but Linux-a11y is new, and wasn’t around when I started. Debian has great accessibility from what I know, however it does need an accessible graphical installer, if it doesn’t already have one. The last time I looked at it, which was admittedly when squeeze came out, there was only a text setup which used espeak and speakup to install, but to you guys credit it does work very well. If possible, and I’m not sure if this is or not, a multi desktop image, for all distros not just debian, would be great. That way users could choose the desktop they want, and if they don’t choose, some logic could be built in > to scan the systems hardware and try to pick the best desktop that would run well, and has great accessibility. This probably isn’t possible yet, but the sky’s the limit. > > Thanks > > Kendell Clark > > sent from my windows ultrabook > > *From: *Alex ARNAUD <mailto:alexarnaud hypra fr> > *Sent: *Tuesday, January 30, 2018 2:46 AM > *To: *kendell clark <mailto:coffeekingms gmail com>; orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org> > *Subject: *Re: [orca-list] planning to return > > Le 30/01/2018 à 08:38, kendell clark a écrit : > >> Hi all > >> Since there is currently a bug in speech-dispatcher or orca, I’m not >> sure which, which prevents orca from speaking in antergos, I am on >> windows only. For now. But as soon as this bug is fixed, I will install >> Linux and switch to using it. I will probably continue to use windows >> part time as a dual boot setup, but I want to start working with the >> Linux open source community once again. I’m not sure what I’ll do yet, >> but I plan to begin maintaining my espeak fixed repository again, and if >> the antergos people will allow it, I want to help antergos get better. >> They have integrated a11y into their installer, which is great, but I >> want to help them add the gconf stuff necessary to make orca start on >> desktop startup, which it currently doesn’t do, and add the keyboard >> shortcut to start and stop it, which is not set up by default. I’d also >> like to become the maintainer or at least the assistant maintainer of >> the US English language for espeak ng, although I’m not sure if that >> will ever happen. I vanished for a couple of months around Christmas but >> my new years resolution was to begin using open source again after >> trying to go windows only. It didn’t work out so well lol, although I am >> helping storm get his tintin pack working in windows Linux emulation >> mode, which is why I still must use windows. >> >> Thanks
> Hi Kendell, > > It's a great news to know you will be back. > > It could be great if we could collaborate with you to make Debian > better. We've a important and really active accessibility team. > We'll be extremely happy to get feedback from you. > > If you expect to use a rolling release operating system you could use > Debian testing "buster". > > Best regards. > -- > Alex ARNAUD _______________________________________________ orca-list mailing list orca-list gnome org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list 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 |