Re: [orca-list] orca in manjaro?

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hi Devin,

Here is what you get in Slint, let us know if you need more.

Packages initially installed (from the ISO):

1. Console screen readers: espeakup, fenrir and speechd-up.
You can easily choose one and change it typing as root:
speak-with <espeakup or fenrir or speechd-up>
Now espeakup can use all 54 mbrola voices available
in Slint.

2. Emacs, with emacspeak and speechd-el
You can easily choose one and change it typing as regular user:
switch-on <emacspeak or speechd-el>
If you choose emacspeak and Voxin is installed you will
be asked if you want to use it.

3. On the desktop: Speech Dispatcher and Orca, whith these synthesizers
and associated voices:
espeak-ng (also with mbrola voices)
pico
flite
rhvoice
After installation, you can get Voxin and more voices.

4. During installation, speech and Braille can be used. If so, the first
user created during installation will have speech and Braille as soon as
the system is started.
You can choose to log in in a console then start a desktop using startx
when you want, or start directly a desktop, this can be set and changed
typing as root:
login-chooser <'text' or 'gdm' or 'lightdm' or others)
A good VirtualBox is included as well as Qemu.

5. You will not get Gnome. But I fail to see what it brings that Mate
doesn't provide. We have other desktops and windows managers included
and you choose and change the one you use typing:
session-chooser

For the updates, you can check this ChangeLog:
http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ChangeLog.txt

After installation, typing these commands will update your system:
slapt-get --add-keys
slapt-get -u
slapt-het --upgrade
slapt-get --install-set slint

At time of writing, Slint provides:
orca 3.35.3
speech-dispatcher from git Master (most recent commit)
Mate 1.22 (Mate 1.24, released on 10 February will be soon available for
Slint)
Security fixes are provided as updates.

So, apart from Fedora Slint provides
_ A fully accessible installer
_ more software for accessibility, kept up to date

Please elaborate on what you like in Fedora that I didn't mention, then
I'll the tell if you can get that in Slint.

Best regards,

Didier 


Le 16/02/2020 à 07:10, Devin Prater via orca-list a écrit :
> Yes, but do I also get the packages I need? Emacs with all the stuff it needs, timely updates, good virtual 
> box, and so on? What sets Slint apart from Fedora?
>
> > On Feb 15, 2020, at 11:38 PM, Dave Hunt via orca-list <orca-list gnome org <mailto:orca-list gnome org>> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > If you don't mind using Mate, instead of GNOME, consider Slint https://slint.fr.  You can get the kind of 
> > installation you want!
> >
> > On 2/15/20 9:44 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > Unlike most here, my ideal install would be to come up in console then
> > > start gnome using startx since that way no need to do a graphical login.