Question request and feedback
Hi list, First of all a big thank you for making Debian accessible during and after installation! :) I'm posting here some feedback/request/questions: Debian installer: The options "Install with speach" is used to install Debian. - Volume not loud enuf: When installing Debian with speach the volume of the voice is not loud enuf even when using espeakup command to increase the volume. That makes it "hard" to hear properly when you are not in a quiet environment. - Prompt for configuring accessibility: Accessibility include speach and brail! I find myself installing Debian for sited users. They don't need the accessibility feature to be installed or enabled at boot. It would be nice if something like the following could be implemented. Do you want to add support for accessibility?: 1) Configure accessibility but don't start at boot. 2) Do not configure accessibility. 3) Configure accessibility at boot for console. 4) Configure accessibility at boot for login screen. 5) Configure accessibility at boot for desktop manager. The default value would be: '3 4 5'. When Debian is installed: - No speach when switching in console mode: When I switch between Gnome and the console (stretch alt 3 and alt 1) speakup does not speak when orca is used. EG: I'm using orca in gnome and then I want to enter some commands lines without using the Gnome terminal. So I do "alt 3" to go in command line but speakup does not speak. -- John Doe
Re: Need testers for Atril PDF accessibility
On 12/13/2017 09:49 AM, Alex ARNAUD wrote: Hello all, The Mate developers have shipped accessibility features on the Atril PDF Viewer: https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/pull/285#issuecomment-346789007 Could it be possible for some of you to test it and give us your feedback? Personally I do not have accessibility issues. However I've assisted individuals whom I've personally met thru my membership in non-computer &/or non-accessibility oriented groups. I saw a reference to this post on debian-user. It attracted my attention as within the last 4 hours I acquired a need to conveniently extract data from some PDF documents. I've been involved in (hardware primarily) QC/QA issues. I am retired -- therefore have time. HOWEVER neither 1. your link does not tell an outsider what were the goals your modification wished to accomplish *NOR* 2. does http://mate-desktop.org/ give any any hint of what Atril sets out to do, nor any details of how it tries to fulfill goals. It states it forked from a program I never heard of in order to satisfy unknown goals. Why should I get involved? P.S. Documentation appears to be an ongoing problem with FOSS projects. [ OK it is a problem with proprietary products -- shouldn't FOSS be better? ] IOW - Give me enough information to determine if I can be useful ;}
Need testers for Atril PDF accessibility
Hello all, The Mate developers have shipped accessibility features on the Atril PDF Viewer: https://github.com/mate-desktop/atril/pull/285#issuecomment-346789007 Could it be possible for some of you to test it and give us your feedback? Best regards. -- Alex ARNAUD Visual-Impairment Project Manager Hypra - "Humanizing technology"
