Jude, When bbooting the image in a vm, typing speakup=speakup.soft doesn't seem to work. I don't have bareboons hardware so want to try this in a vm for now. Have you tried in a vm? Anyone elsse on this list tried this. There doesn't seem to be much info on accessibility. Thanks.
Matthew -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [gentoo-accessibility] Questions about using install media as a blind user. At the boot prompt: speakup=speakup.soft needs to be keyed in to bring speakup up talking. It's been several years since my last failed gentoo install but I was able to get gentoo speaking while that failure happened. You'll learn lots about your hardware when you do this. What killed me every gentoo install was the kernel building step near the end of the install. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Sat, 15 Apr 2023, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, Thanks,. Disd you have to do anything to get espeakup running at > boot or did you just type espeakup as root? Thanks. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2023 6:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Questions about using install > media as a blind user. > > 1) The minimal image includes espeak I never got as far as orca though. > Orca may be something you need to emerge once you get a console > installation running. > > > -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used > in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > Ed Howdershelt 1940. > > On Fri, 14 Apr 2023, matthew dyer wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > I am new to this list and to gentoo in general, but have some > > questions > regarding installing using the media iso. > > > > First, do theISOS enclude the accessiblity packages such as > > espeakup, orca > etc. I have downloaded the live images from the 9th of April. There > are also minimal images but not sure if these will work. Anyway, The > install guide does not mention the accessibility team here all though > there is info on the web site which is where I found this list. I > have not seen a message come through here. So hopefully My message > will come through. Any way if there is any info I might have missed > someware I will be greatful. Thanks for the help. BTW, I think that > accessibility should be mentioned in the guide for people who need it. > I will certainly give the live image a try and see what happens. I will be installing to a VM. > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > > > >
