Re: [orca-list] First steps experience with Orca on Ubuntu.

[Alex ARNAUD <aarnaud hypra fr>]

    Hello Pawel,
    
    Which "Getting started instructions" are you talking about?
    
    Best regards.

Le 21/12/2020 à 15:53, Pawel Urbanski a écrit :

> Hi Everyone,
> I'm writing a few thoughts and ideas after getting started with Orca
> when looking alternatives to Windows.
> I am definitely a power user - code to some extend, but not as my
> first language so to say.
>
> Getting started instructions:
> Documentation would benefit from updates, which I will be glad to
> provide. I had some problems with making BRLTTY to work. I had to
> install brltty-speechd, which is an API integration between BRLTTY and
> speech dispatcher. After following BRLTTY instructions I finally setup
> the launch script and configured my Braille display.
> Rewriting the documentation to provide more information about BRLTTY
> setup woudl be useful.
>
> Desktop environments:
> GNOME, GNOME with XORG or Ubuntu had issues. After installing GNOME
> Flashback and selecting it as in other cases as my session I could
> open the applications menu, move around the desktop and so on. I'm
> still figuring alternative way to manage preferences for Orca does not
> read the panel when launched from the applications menu.
>
> For the record as of December 2020: GNOME 3.38.1 and Orca 3.38 up and
> running. I definitely had my share of searching in many places, but
> the information was quite old and not so much applicable. I for
> example found information about running Mate as a desktop or
> occasionally XFCE, but both were 2 years old. Maybe people do use such
> setups successfully, but not share them.
>
> As I mentioned at the beginning: I will be happy to rewrite the
> documentation with feedback from the community. Software development
> is not and very likely will not be my major profession, but it plays a
> very important role to some extend in the things I'm doing. The role
> of a power user / analyst is in my case enough. I do code, but my
> personal projects or simple scratches for developer teams.
>
> I want to switch to Linux for it seems to be very lite on resources as
> it's always been, but most of all due to extreme customizability,
> which for me means comfort, productivity through optimal ergonomics.
>
> While this post got a bit long, hope to hear back from you - maybe
> rewriting the documentation a bit would bring some benefits. Any hints
> for the setup are obviously appriciated.
>
> Best,
> Pawel
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