RE: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.

  • From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:47:57 -0400

Orca in 11.04 is very stable in the terminals.  Before 11.04 I found myself
switching to speakup and a console window but now I do everything in orca
just because I can have as many consoles open as I want.

 

ken

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:25 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.

 

Oh.  So then if Gnome works with SuSE, (for I'd like to be acquainted with
that distribution), does Bash, KSH, ZSH, and Onquist also work with Orca as
well?  I'm all confused over the command line in Linux and it's
accessibility features.  You know how in windows when you call CMD, you get
input via the same interface (JAWS, Window-Eyes), as you get when working
with desktop and Gui components?  Does the same go for Linux?  I ask because
is not Emac Speak different from Orca, and depending on which environment
you want, you have to keep switching between them?  If so, then it sounds
kind of cumbersome, doesn't it?

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Wright
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:20 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.

 

You are correct, it's only Gnome for Orca users for now. As for what Unity
is, it's just a different spin on shell  management. Has more features for
netbooks and touch interfaces, given their growing prominence.
On 8/18/2011 8:51 PM, Katherine Moss wrote: 

Now I'm trying to take steps to get myself acquainted with Linux, and I'm
just curious, what is the unity desktop?  I've never heard of it, but I
never bothered to look it up since I've heard on various threads here
probably, that Gnome is the only accessible desktop for linux out there.
Can somebody correct me on that if it's not true?

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Perry
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:47 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.

 

When I installed 11.04 I installed it using the accessibility if you do that
it defaults to the classic ubuntu so it works perfect.  I found that Ubuntu
is only getting better I hope 11.10 stays that way.

 

ken

 

From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:24 AM
To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Latest Ubuntu and accessibility.

 

Hi All.

 

At work we use a couple of Ubuntu machines which I use with ORCA. We're
currently on the 8.04 baseline but they are being upgraded to 11.04.

As I understand it this release includes the new unity desktop by default
but you can use the older style Gnome desktop. Does anyone know if this is
write and how you go about it?

 

Thanks.

Nick.

 

 

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