Re: Sonar GNU/Linux merges with Vinux
John, F123, the project I lead has cooperated with Sonar and Vinux in the past and will probably do so again in the future, but I did not know about The International Association Of Visually Impaired Technologists (IAVIT). I will be in touch in the next couple of weeks to bounce off a few ideas and see where we might be able to partner. You can checkout the direction we are taking in our latest projects in this short 88-second video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgl4poleT7U And this introductory page: https://public.f123.org/experimental/About-F123e.html Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Update related to F123e
I myself, will migrate to Mutt or Emacs. F On 11/07/2016 03:31 PM, John G Heim wrote: Stupid orca & thunderbird!!! I keep responding to the wrong messages. On 11/07/2016 10:02 AM, John G Heim wrote: I thought it was a one-time thing. It wasn't clear in your original message that it happens every time. I'll fix it. On 11/07/2016 05:35 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: A file emacspeak-easy-howto has some useful information in it. I'll search my bookmarks and see if I can locate a link, but a google search with file:emacspeak-easy-howto ought to locate it if I don't have it in my bookmarks. On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, Fernando Botelho wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 06:16:20 From: Fernando Botelho To: Peter V?gner , blinux-list@redhat.com, spee...@lists.freebsoft.org, f1...@groups.io Subject: Re: Update related to F123e Peter, we have now linked to your first post on this topic. Do you have plans to research the possibility of importing Spacemacs keybindings to Emacs before you memorize too many of those Emacs keybindings? Fernando On 11/07/2016 07:53 AM, Peter V?gner wrote: Hello, It took me a long time to decide but I have attempted to start first blog post of what I hope will be a series on short tips on emacs accessibility. For example I am looking into it for about a year sporadically. I like F123E plan but instead of automation I would rather like to do something that would build on Arch linux philosophy. I am not going to rewrote the documentation but I would like to try showing some success stories while handling these things. Most of the articles end with a message saying something like it has a bit higher learning curve etc but unfortunatelly very little of them actually showcase how to go about changing that. Let's see how this attempt will turn out. So far I have got into basic buffer navigation and manipulation commands, navigating around emacs in general, emacs editing commands, understood so called easy customizations, got my-self to install and upgrade packages from elpa / melpa, briefly started playing with org mode, learned about basic dired file manipulation features, managed to connect to twitter with twittering-mode. And some invisible issues along my way such as debugging issues with request.el library and curl, getting epg working with gpg. These are things I hope I have learned enough so I can comfortably use them. Next on my todo list are knowing speechd-el better, emacs packages such as matrix-client for inovative instant messaging and more, jabber for classic messaging, gnus for email, sauron for integrated notifications. This is my initial plan and these are things I wish to eventually cover later. My first article just talks about installing and running emacs for the first time. https://pvagner.tk/2016/emacs-a11y-tip-1-introduction-and-how-to-install Of course if you have ideas, comments, anything feel free to post. Thanks and greetings Peter On 06.11.2016 at 18:17 Fernando Botelho wrote: Thanks to those who have sent feedback to my emails to various lists. So far this is what I have found out: A lot of people are in agreement regarding the need for: * An easier way to install and setup Emacspeak; * An easier way for Emacspeak to use eSpeak and/or other synthesizers; and * At least one expert also mentioned that Spacemacs does not solve all issues, as it has some inaccessible output. However, it has been said that: * SpeechD-el can make Emacs accessible; * SpeechD-el already works well with Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; * SpeechD-el is already easier to install and is multilingual by default; * SpeechD-el could even be used to bridge communication between Emacspeak and Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; and * it might be easier to just bring Spacemacs keybindings to classic Emacs rather than move all of the SpeechD-el or Emacspeak accessibility to Spacemacs. I have updated our project document accordingly: https://public.f123.org/experimental/About-F123e.html Best, Fernando ___ Speechd mailing list spee...@lists.freebsoft.org http://lists.freebsoft.org/mailman/listinfo/speechd ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Update related to F123e
Peter, we have now linked to your first post on this topic. Do you have plans to research the possibility of importing Spacemacs keybindings to Emacs before you memorize too many of those Emacs keybindings? Fernando On 11/07/2016 07:53 AM, Peter Vágner wrote: Hello, It took me a long time to decide but I have attempted to start first blog post of what I hope will be a series on short tips on emacs accessibility. For example I am looking into it for about a year sporadically. I like F123E plan but instead of automation I would rather like to do something that would build on Arch linux philosophy. I am not going to rewrote the documentation but I would like to try showing some success stories while handling these things. Most of the articles end with a message saying something like it has a bit higher learning curve etc but unfortunatelly very little of them actually showcase how to go about changing that. Let's see how this attempt will turn out. So far I have got into basic buffer navigation and manipulation commands, navigating around emacs in general, emacs editing commands, understood so called easy customizations, got my-self to install and upgrade packages from elpa / melpa, briefly started playing with org mode, learned about basic dired file manipulation features, managed to connect to twitter with twittering-mode. And some invisible issues along my way such as debugging issues with request.el library and curl, getting epg working with gpg. These are things I hope I have learned enough so I can comfortably use them. Next on my todo list are knowing speechd-el better, emacs packages such as matrix-client for inovative instant messaging and more, jabber for classic messaging, gnus for email, sauron for integrated notifications. This is my initial plan and these are things I wish to eventually cover later. My first article just talks about installing and running emacs for the first time. https://pvagner.tk/2016/emacs-a11y-tip-1-introduction-and-how-to-install Of course if you have ideas, comments, anything feel free to post. Thanks and greetings Peter On 06.11.2016 at 18:17 Fernando Botelho wrote: Thanks to those who have sent feedback to my emails to various lists. So far this is what I have found out: A lot of people are in agreement regarding the need for: * An easier way to install and setup Emacspeak; * An easier way for Emacspeak to use eSpeak and/or other synthesizers; and * At least one expert also mentioned that Spacemacs does not solve all issues, as it has some inaccessible output. However, it has been said that: * SpeechD-el can make Emacs accessible; * SpeechD-el already works well with Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; * SpeechD-el is already easier to install and is multilingual by default; * SpeechD-el could even be used to bridge communication between Emacspeak and Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; and * it might be easier to just bring Spacemacs keybindings to classic Emacs rather than move all of the SpeechD-el or Emacspeak accessibility to Spacemacs. I have updated our project document accordingly: https://public.f123.org/experimental/About-F123e.html Best, Fernando ___ Speechd mailing list spee...@lists.freebsoft.org http://lists.freebsoft.org/mailman/listinfo/speechd ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Update related to F123e
Thanks very much Peter, this is a great idea! I will update our intro file with a link to your blog today. Best regards, Fernando On 11/07/2016 07:53 AM, Peter Vágner wrote: Hello, It took me a long time to decide but I have attempted to start first blog post of what I hope will be a series on short tips on emacs accessibility. For example I am looking into it for about a year sporadically. I like F123E plan but instead of automation I would rather like to do something that would build on Arch linux philosophy. I am not going to rewrote the documentation but I would like to try showing some success stories while handling these things. Most of the articles end with a message saying something like it has a bit higher learning curve etc but unfortunatelly very little of them actually showcase how to go about changing that. Let's see how this attempt will turn out. So far I have got into basic buffer navigation and manipulation commands, navigating around emacs in general, emacs editing commands, understood so called easy customizations, got my-self to install and upgrade packages from elpa / melpa, briefly started playing with org mode, learned about basic dired file manipulation features, managed to connect to twitter with twittering-mode. And some invisible issues along my way such as debugging issues with request.el library and curl, getting epg working with gpg. These are things I hope I have learned enough so I can comfortably use them. Next on my todo list are knowing speechd-el better, emacs packages such as matrix-client for inovative instant messaging and more, jabber for classic messaging, gnus for email, sauron for integrated notifications. This is my initial plan and these are things I wish to eventually cover later. My first article just talks about installing and running emacs for the first time. https://pvagner.tk/2016/emacs-a11y-tip-1-introduction-and-how-to-install Of course if you have ideas, comments, anything feel free to post. Thanks and greetings Peter On 06.11.2016 at 18:17 Fernando Botelho wrote: Thanks to those who have sent feedback to my emails to various lists. So far this is what I have found out: A lot of people are in agreement regarding the need for: * An easier way to install and setup Emacspeak; * An easier way for Emacspeak to use eSpeak and/or other synthesizers; and * At least one expert also mentioned that Spacemacs does not solve all issues, as it has some inaccessible output. However, it has been said that: * SpeechD-el can make Emacs accessible; * SpeechD-el already works well with Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; * SpeechD-el is already easier to install and is multilingual by default; * SpeechD-el could even be used to bridge communication between Emacspeak and Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; and * it might be easier to just bring Spacemacs keybindings to classic Emacs rather than move all of the SpeechD-el or Emacspeak accessibility to Spacemacs. I have updated our project document accordingly: https://public.f123.org/experimental/About-F123e.html Best, Fernando ___ Speechd mailing list spee...@lists.freebsoft.org http://lists.freebsoft.org/mailman/listinfo/speechd ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Update related to F123e
Thanks to those who have sent feedback to my emails to various lists. So far this is what I have found out: A lot of people are in agreement regarding the need for: * An easier way to install and setup Emacspeak; * An easier way for Emacspeak to use eSpeak and/or other synthesizers; and * At least one expert also mentioned that Spacemacs does not solve all issues, as it has some inaccessible output. However, it has been said that: * SpeechD-el can make Emacs accessible; * SpeechD-el already works well with Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; * SpeechD-el is already easier to install and is multilingual by default; * SpeechD-el could even be used to bridge communication between Emacspeak and Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak; and * it might be easier to just bring Spacemacs keybindings to classic Emacs rather than move all of the SpeechD-el or Emacspeak accessibility to Spacemacs. I have updated our project document accordingly: https://public.f123.org/experimental/About-F123e.html Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Fwd: Re: A new tts on Linux
That is good to know, thanks. The thing is, SpeechD-el apparently is able to handle multiple languages by default, seems to work out-of-the-box with eSpeak, and seems to be easier to setup. One way or another it looks like I will not have it all, but I might get to try this before I figure out how to configure Emacspeak with eSpeak. I know that tools for advanced users do not place a big priority on making things easy. I just never expected that mere installation of Emacspeak was going to be such a big deal. F On 11/04/2016 05:59 PM, Devin Prater wrote: as far as I know, Speechd-el hasn't been updated in years. I've used Speechd-el, and it reminds me more of Narrator as compared to NVDA, being Emacspeak. Sure it might could be made to act more like Emacspeak, but users generally don't want to spend that much time adding sound icons, setting them to trigger on certain events, all that. On 11/4/2016 7:35 AM, Fernando Botelho wrote: Thanks very much for this suggestion Raphaë. Best regards, Fernando On 11/04/2016 07:38 AM, Raphaël POITEVIN wrote: Dear Fernando, Message transféré Sujet : Re: A new tts on Linux Date : Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:38:04 -0200 De : Fernando Botelho Répondre à : fernando.bote...@f123.org, Linux for blind general discussion Organisation : F123 Pour : Linux for blind general discussion Would your team have the skills to develop a speech server for Emacspeak to use Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak? I don't know any thing about EmacSpeak. I'm asrtonished that plugin doesn't have already any connection with speech-dispatcher. But, if you don't have any reason to use absolutely Emacspeak, why don't use speechd-el which is more recent and still maintained? https://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd-el Alternatively, would your team be able to create a BASH script that automates the installation and configuration of Emacspeak and eSpeak inside an Arch Linux machine? I don't use Arch, but I can see it exists a package for speechd-el: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emacs-speechd-el-git/ Regards, Raphaël ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: A new tts on Linux
You are right Samuel, I had forgotten all about SpeechD-el, and it might have the features we are looking for. Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Fwd: Re: A new tts on Linux
Thanks very much for this suggestion Raphaë. Best regards, Fernando On 11/04/2016 07:38 AM, Raphaël POITEVIN wrote: Dear Fernando, Message transféré Sujet : Re: A new tts on Linux Date : Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:38:04 -0200 De : Fernando Botelho Répondre à : fernando.bote...@f123.org, Linux for blind general discussion Organisation : F123 Pour : Linux for blind general discussion Would your team have the skills to develop a speech server for Emacspeak to use Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak? I don't know any thing about EmacSpeak. I'm asrtonished that plugin doesn't have already any connection with speech-dispatcher. But, if you don't have any reason to use absolutely Emacspeak, why don't use speechd-el which is more recent and still maintained? https://devel.freebsoft.org/speechd-el Alternatively, would your team be able to create a BASH script that automates the installation and configuration of Emacspeak and eSpeak inside an Arch Linux machine? I don't use Arch, but I can see it exists a package for speechd-el: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/emacs-speechd-el-git/ Regards, Raphaël ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: A new tts on Linux
Hello Jean-Philippe, Would your team have the skills to develop a speech server for Emacspeak to use Speech-Dispatcher and eSpeak? Alternatively, would your team be able to create a BASH script that automates the installation and configuration of Emacspeak and eSpeak inside an Arch Linux machine? Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Introducing eLoud for Emacs
Hi everyone, I just heard about this speech application for Emacs, or as it is usually called, a minor mode: https://github.com/smythp/eloud I know this software does not have as much functionality as Emacspeak, but does anyone know if it uses a speech server that could make Emacspeak installation easier? At least it looks like it uses eSpeak. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Introducing the F123e live iso
Hi everyone, Thanks to Kyle's help and that of others, we are getting started with F123 experimental. The idea is that even someone who is not a developer, like myself, will eventually be able to install Emacs or Spacemacs with Emacspeak, entirely configured and ready to go, by simply answering some basic prompts. Info on this project and our email list can be found at: https://public.f123.org/experimental/About-F123e.html Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Introducing F123e
Hi everyone, We are a diverse group which includes both software developers and non-technical persons who are blind. Since so much of computer-use is done through graphical user interfaces (GUI), we believe that it is important to support the technical development of and be able to use technologies such as the Orca and NVDA screen readers. However, there are times when we can choose how to use our computers, and for those times, we must be able to use technology that truly maximizes our efficiency and effectiveness. Moreover, being extraordinarily productive should not be a privilege available only to those who are technically sophisticated, but to everyone who is willing to invest some time in becoming fluent with their digital tools. We are impressed with the productivity demonstrated by blind users of Emacs, the efficiency of the VIM interface design, and with the fact that these tools have been under constant development for roughly four decades. Moreover, the evolution of these tools, with recent mutations such as NeoVIM and Spacemacs, demonstrate that the communities of developers responsible for them are as vibrant as ever. However, there is very little awareness of the existence of these tools among the general blind public, installation procedures are in some cases inadequate or non-existent, there is no training for non-technical users that we are aware of, and the choices of keyboard shortcuts (or key bindings), can be at times unnecessarily arbitrary. However, we believe that these and other obstacles can be overcome by our community. Just like some of the most talented sighted developers in the world have assumed responsibility for developing, maintaining, and improving tools that they consider essential for their productivity, so can we, the blind, take on the challenge of developing and supporting the adaptations that make such technologies accessible to us. With this in mind, the informal group we are calling F123e (or F 1 2 3 experimental), will work towards achieving the following objectives: * making it extremely easy for both developers and non-technical blind users to install ARCH Linux and other needed software on virtual or actual machines in order to test, learn, or use the tools they need to maximize their productivity. * Automate the installation process for Emacspeak and make sure it can work with Spacemacs. * Develop content to make it easier for non-technical blind persons to install, learn, and use these technologies for work, education, or leisure. We will have an ISO image that will bring all these pieces together, but most of the automation will rely on BASH scripts, so those interested in other operating systems can also benefit from this work. The choice of Spacemacs can be best understood by reading the description of the project (http://spacemacs.org/). If you too, would like to have tools that maximize your productivity, please join our group by sending an e-mail message to: f123e+subscr...@groups.io Getting an ambitious project like this one started is not easy, so we want to thank everyone who has already joined our list, as well as Kyle Brouhard, for helping us with our own version of the Talking ARCH ISO; Lucas Radaelli, for his work on a new speech server for Emacspeak written in C++; Travis Hartwell, for exploring the Spacemacs + Emacspeak challenges; and Michael Pozhidaev, for helping us spread the word about all this among blind developers. Of course, we are just getting started. Please help us by sharing this with people you think will be supportive. Best regards, Fernando Botelho ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Portaudio
Hi Chris, I did try submitting a bug report, but something happened with my registration and I was not able to. I will try again certainly, next time I have someone sighted next to me. However, in the mean time I tried Janina's suggestion and it workd, in the sense that I foud a friendly person who said he would get in touch with the current maintainer. Thanks everyone, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Spacemacs and Emacspeak
Thanks guys for the clarifications on contacting package maintainers. I am reading about Spacemacs, a kind of NeoVIM for the Emacs world. has anybody heard of someone using Spacemacs with Emacspeak? I have searched online but find no evidence of that. I am not sure if it is because nobody has gotten around to it, or if it is because modifying Emacs keybindings and other stuff will automatically break Emacspeak. Any guidance welcome. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
On 10/08/2016 02:01 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: Voice-lock gives you a different voice when the font changes, such as when you're reading a comment in your code or you come across a link in your browser. The default is a UK English voice. I was able to change this in the past, but when I tried to change it recently the same steps didn't work. It's not that big a deal for me, so I haven't put the time into it to figure it out. I understand. Just one question: I like to receive plain text email, just so I know what url links are really pointing to. But 90% of the time I just read the text and would rather ignore the urls. Does Emacspeak allow one to simply turn-off the reading of urls? it is annoying to have to listen to long urls when one is not interested in it and I never understood why more conventional screen readers do not have the ability to silence that out. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
On 10/08/2016 12:11 AM, Devin Prater wrote: For now, eSpeak cannot use the voice-lock features of Emacspeak. That's my main problem with it's maintenance now, and that I can't change the voice to the En-us language. This sounds bad. What is voice-lock used for? Also, if you cannot use US English, what do you use? Somehow I thought US English would be the default. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
portaudio in arch
So how can one find out who is in charge of portaudio in ARCH Linux? it is a rolling distro, so is it even worth bothering with it, as I guess it will get updated sometime this month. Does anybody know when in each month ARCH packages get refreshed? Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
Thanks Chris for these details. This is very helpful. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Emacspeak and eSpeak
Chris, Would you or anyone you know be willing to help me put together a script that installs/configures Emacspeak and eSpeak on a Talking ARCH environment? I might be able to find small funding, but it would be mostly symbolic. if you might be able to help, please drop me a line at: ferna...@f123.org Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
On 10/05/2016 09:57 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: getting emacspeak-git to build correctly probably will be your first obstacle. Expect at least one error due to a missing dependency. I got another error below that I'll research a little later today. Ok. I guess I will also join the Emacspeak list now, just to make sure I do not reinvent the wheel. F ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
The emacspeak espeak support is depressingly fiddly to get working, but it is well worth doing. I keep hearing this, so I am expecting it will indeed be a huge pain. Once it works though, I hope it is not something that breaks all the time. Also, I hope it gives equivalent performance to whatever people get using eFlite or Festival. Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
On 10/05/2016 09:11 AM, Devin Prater wrote: Espeak support is "unmaintained", so it could break with any new release of eSpeak that may come along. There is an Eflite server, if you can get it working, that links flite with Emacspeak. Oh, I think it would be easier for me to find funding to fix the occasional problem with Emacspeak and eSpeak than it would be to find support to create additional languages on Flite. Thanks for the suggestion though. I will check it out, maybe this Flite thing has multiple languages. I just do not know enough about it. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Emacspeak and eSpeak
On 10/05/2016 09:22 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: If you install emacspeak-git you can disregard all festival instructions since espeak is the default for emacspeak-git. On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, Fernando Botelho wrote: Thank you very much. This will really simplify things. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Emacspeak and eSpeak
Hi everyone, I have found instructions that more or less tell me to install Emacspeak with the Festival speech synthesizer. Since I am guessing that Festival is no longer being developed and eSpeak has so many languages, I would rather go with eSpeak. Does anybody think using eSpeak instead of Festival is a bad idea? Also, does anyone have a script that would configure Emacspeak with eSpeak? Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Building ARCH
Hi everyone, I was slowly and painfully figuring out how to install the latest ARCH without the benefit of an installer, and slowly automating the process. At the rate I was going, robots would have helped me finish. However, I found a script that does it all, and it is ready to go. Since the list has already helped me so much, I thought I would share it here in case it proves useful to others. The script was designed by Helmuthdu and is available on Github. You can grab it using git with: git clone git://github.com/helmuthdu/aui This is probably old news for most of you, but it saved me so much work, I thought it worth sharing. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Recording screencasts
I am all in favor of simplicity whenever possible. I will certainly look for that recordmydesktop application. Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Recording screencasts
Thanks for suggesting Kazam. I had never heard of it. Will check it out. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Recording screencasts
Great, thanks again. Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Recording screencasts
Thanks very much Paul. I was hoping to stay with either Ubuntu or ARCH, but hey, maybe it is time to try something new. Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Recording screencasts
Hi everyone, I have heard of advanced technical people using an Apple Mac to record screencasts showing the image of a virtual machine running Linux distros. Has anybody here been able to record good quality screencasts, including video and screen reader audio using entirely free and open source tools? If yes, would you list the distros and other tools you used? Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Speakup and backups
Thanks Zahari, I think this is just what I needed. I will need some time to try it out, but will send you feedback as soon as I do. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Speakup and backups
Hi everyone, I must be getting old, because I have become backup-obssessed. In addition to a backup of my home folder, I would like to use the ARCH pacman off-line alternate process, where one keeps a list of packages and the actual packages on disk, just in case Internet access is not available or is too slow. In that context, do Kernel changes like Speakup appear in the list of installed packages? I imagine not, is this correct? Also, what is the best source of instructions on how to install Speakup? Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: VirtualBox
Thanks anyway Janina, Back in the day, I liked the fact that VirtualBox allowed one to do a lot of things via the command line. I imagine all of that remains available. But I will let more experienced current users comment. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
VirtualBox
Thanks Luke, I will research those options as well. Best regards, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: VirtualBox
Thank you Paul. I have not used Virtualbox in years, so it is time to revisit it. Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
VirtualBox
Janina, I swear I am not stocking you across email lists. :) I just find your posts useful. I liked the idea of using VirtualBox. For example, one can have a VM specifically for banking, which should prevent many security problems. it could even be setup to start from a snapshot, so anything done in one session is forgotten, next time the VM is activated. I do have a simple question: When I last tried to get my non-technical spouse to use VirtualBox, something that was very annoying to her, was the keyboard capture shortcuts. Now, if I have two consoles, one with command line or even Mate, and the second with VirtualBox running Mate and Firefox, can I Control+Alt into the VirtualBox one and start using it normally? Or will there be a process of keyboard capture before one can use it? Thanks, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
VI, Elvis, and NeoVIM
Hi everyone, I have gotten tired of my own typos and started researching text editors with promises of extensive word completion features. Emacs and Emacspeak seems to be too complex to install and configure. I would like something that I might be able to use with a few days of practice. I am not a developer. Researching I have seen comments saying that VI and VIM are good, but not screen reader-friendly. Supposedly Elvis is a version of VI that has a blind-friendly mode, but it is not packaged natively for ARCH, and their site seems less organized and less complete compared to others. So i tried finding NeoVIM, and it is available for easy install in ARCH. it also seems to work more or less well with the Gnome Terminal. I know I know, best to use Speakup and the true terminal, but I am getting there by stages. Anybody here uses word-completion effectively with NeoVIM or VIM? I have done just very simple things so far, and it seems to work, but have not gotten to word completion or other more advanced stuff. All suggestions are welcome. btw, I went looking for instructions on how to install speakup in my kernel, and it all looked quite out-of-date. Any suggestions on that as well? Thanks much, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Urgent: Linux accessibility help
Let us know if it was helpful. It will be good to know. F123 Access is able to fix some issues, not all. So a lot will depend on how the web interface was designed. F ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Urgent: Linux accessibility help
Hi, Let me start by saying that I know nothing about Lotus Notes/IBM Notes. but since you are under pressure, I thought I would suggest this: If IBM Notes uses a web interface and you will access it with either Firefox or Chrome, you can try out F123 Access, an extension designed to fix accessibility problems. It fixes some accessibility problems automatically, and who knows, it might improve your experience with IBM Notes. Full disclosure: I am part of the F123 team. You can find more info at: https://F123Access.com/ Best, Fernando ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
