Re: [orca-list] The most accessible linix version to use with Orca?

["John G. Heim" <jheim math wisc edu>]

You can customize the punctuation level in orca for each program. To do 
this, press your orca hotkey (probably insert) plus control plus space. 
Tab over to the speech tab, then down to punctuation level. One of the 
first things I  do after setting up a new machine is to create a custom 
config for gedit. I turn on all punctuation and white space. That way 
when I am coding, I can hear tabs, semicolons, etc.


I do not recall having to turn down the default punctuation level when 
setting up a new machine. Could be I just do that without thinking. But 
you can change the punctuation level to none if you'd like.





On 3/18/20 4:34 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> If I can get a verified ubuntu iso talking over here to the extent orca
> allows, This is 19.10 desktop I'm going to see if I can install the
> espeakup package.  Then I'm going to tame the graphical user interface
> so it only comes up when summoned.  A friend of mine finds the ubuntu
> orca speech rate way too slow and has little use for all of the
> punctuation.  This way he'll at least be able to read his email without
> going any further into baldness.
> If I can get all of that working I'll talk my friend through how to get
> that set up on his system.
> Is it supposed to be alt-super-s to bring up orca on 19.10 desktop?  I
> didn't try gnome-orca before tossing the last dvd so will be burning
> another shortly and I'll start the machine up and leave it alone before
> hitting any keys and maybe orca will come up talking.  This is an x86_64
> machine with a little over 15gb of available memory too.
>
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2020, John G. Heim via orca-list wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:19:48
> > From: John G. Heim via orca-list <orca-list gnome org>
> > Reply-To: John G. Heim <jheim math wisc edu>
> > To: Rich Morin <rdm cfcl com>, orca-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] The most accessible linix version to use with Orca?
> >
> > It sounds to me as if Ubuntu has some bugs and has made some unfortunate
> > choices. But I would be hesitant to just scratch it off the list. It has a
> > history of being pretty good. We have nothing but Ubuntu in my department.
> > I've had next to no trouble with it. I am responsible for about 100 desktops
> > and about 10 servers. I think I'd prefer Debian but I haven't had much trouble
> > with Ubuntu.
> >
> >
> > I would normally boot into the Ubuntu installer image all the time. But I just
> > happened to have set up a PXE install for Ubuntu 19.10. So I have never tried
> > booting from the ISO.? I know 19.04 worked fine though. If the screen reader
> > didn't work in 19.10, Ubuntu would probably considder that a bug. Good chance
> > it will work again in 20.04.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/18/20 1:45 PM, Rich Morin wrote:
> > > > On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:05, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That cured me of Ubuntu I'm pretty sure permanently.
> > > While I understand the sentiment, I'd prefer to have the Ubuntu folks work
> > > on the problem(s).  So, I posted a bug report on launchpad:
> > >
> > >     gsettings dependency is problematic
> > >     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/orca/+bug/1867971
> > >
> > > I mostly clipped text from this thread; if anyone can add useful comments or
> > > details to the report, please do so.
> > >
> > > -r
> > >
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