Re: [orca-list] (General Linux) Ubuntu server accessibility

[Devin Prater <r d t prater gmail com>]

I do have a braille display. Would I just do
Sudo systemctl start brltty

Or is there something else I’d have to do?      
Devin Prater
r d t prater gmail com

Https://devinprater.github.io

> On Jul 26, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Michał Zegan <webczat_200 poczta onet pl> wrote:
>
> if this is a server, servers can expose a serial port over network. I
> mean, if it is server hardware. so no null modem needed.
>
> W dniu 26.07.2020 o 18:51, John G. Heim pisze:
> > Well, to do a serial terminal install, a blind person would have to have
> > a terminal emulator and a screen reader on a second computer. Plus you'd
> > have to have a null-modem cable. But last i checked, the Linux serial
> > terminal howto was still correct as ever. If you have a null-modem cable
> > and a 2nd computer near your server with a screen reader, its worth trying.
> >
> >
> > It is actually kind of nice to have a serial terminal configured on a
> > server. You can take a laptop to the server room, connect up the null
> > modem cable, and get a console login prompt. A long time ago, servers
> > didn't used to come with their own video card and keyboard. You always
> > plugged a terminal into a serial port. Boot messages were automatically
> > directed to ttyS0. All that stuff still works today although you may
> > have to configure it.
> >
> >
> > On 7/26/20 11:38 AM, webczat_200 poczta onet pl wrote:
> > > serial port is the best if you can. you do not depend on a screenreader,
> > > yet you can do more than on speakup, even hwsynth, because even the
> > > bootloader and bios in case of server supports it.
> > >
> > > W dniu 26.07.2020 o 18:26, John G. Heim via orca-list pisze:
> > > > I am not sure its clear, there are 2 versions of Ubuntu, server and
> > > > desktop. Ubuntu server does not include GUI apps. It boots into a
> > > > character mode installer that does not have orca because orca is for the
> > > > GUI. There is another screen reader, called speakup,  for the character
> > > > interface. You can use speakup with a hardware synth in the Ubuntu
> > > > server installer. I have not been able to get software speech to work in
> > > > the Ubuntu server installer. I can't say it can't be done but I couldn't
> > > > figure out how to get it to work.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There are at least 4 ways to do an accessible Ubuntu server install:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Use a hardware speech synth.
> > > >
> > > > 2. Use a braille display.
> > > >
> > > > 3. Use a terminal emulator on a serial port.
> > > >
> > > > 4. Ssh.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I am not sure there are any advantages to using the Server version of
> > > > Ubunto on a server. At one time, when you compiled a kernel, you had to
> > > > specify how many file handles you wanted, how many simultaneous users
> > > > you wanted to allow. The kernel would take up more or less space in RAM
> > > > depending upon your choices. But most of that stuff is configured at
> > > > boot time these days.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 7/26/20 7:07 AM, orca-list gnome org wrote:
> > > > > This is, as far as I know, a physical server.
> > > > > Devin Prater
> > > > > r d t prater gmail com
> > > > >
> > > > > Https://devinprater.github.io
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Jul 24, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Norman King <lists thekingstech com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is this a virtual or physical server?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If virtual, there are cloud images for most linux distros. Ubuntu's
> > > > > > cloud images are at the following link.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/focal/current/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Once the system is installed, just use ssh, you don't even need
> > > > > > speech.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 7/24/2020 2:24 PM, Devin Prater via orca-list wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi all. I will have the opportunity at work to set up an Ubuntu
> > > > > > > server at some point. I’ll use Docker and such, but I can do that
> > > > > > > part. My only issue is installing Ubuntu server onto the server. Is
> > > > > > > there anything I need to know, or can I just SSH and go like normal,
> > > > > > > or should I use the server itself and use Orca? Or does it even come
> > > > > > > with Orca?
> > > > > > > Devin Prater
> > > > > > > r d t prater gmail com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Https://devinprater.github.io
> > > > > > >
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