ORCA Through A USB Device?
Hello, I'll try asking this again. (Though the lack of responsiveness of this list and the ubuntu accessibility forums is quite discouraging.) I tried running the Ubuntu Live CD -- it was the one handed out at CSUN, so I think it was 6.1). Because of some issues with my laptop, I run all sound through a USB Imic2. We could get Ubuntu itself to recognize the device, and send sound there, but we couldn't find a way to get speech to go there. The Orca preferences were up and visible so Orca was running, but no speech came through the headphones no matter what we tried. So can Orca output to a USB device? Is it possible in the version that shipped with Feisty? If it can't be done, then I won't be running Ubuntu on my laptop. If this is not the appropriate place to ask, let me know what is. And if this is a bug, let me know where to file. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
firefox
Hi, how do you go to a site in firefox. I tab to a search and type in a site, but get a bunch of other stuff. I'm sure I just don't know the shortcut key for this. One other question, I got the orca source but autogen doesn't seem to do anything. Is this suppose to be the first step to build a install. Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000736-2, 04/26/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
RE: ORCA Through A USB Device?
Thanks for replying! Yes. We couldn't find a way to get speech to redirect to the USB device, even though the Imic did show up in the device list. All we got was what sounded like a sine-wave. -Original Message- From: Joanmarie Diggs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 2:09 PM To: Mia Lipner Cc: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: ORCA Through A USB Device? Hi Mia. I tried running the Ubuntu Live CD -- it was the one handed out at CSUN, so I think it was 6.1). It was actually a Feisty Herd 5 CD. Feisty has since been officially released and you can get a live CD from http://releases.ubuntu.com/feisty/ So can Orca output to a USB device? I've never tried this as I do not have such a device. Sorry! However, the question I assume is really how does one get gnome-speech to use an alternative device? Hopefully someone here knows the answer. --Joanie -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: firefox
Hi all, what is the best way to install firefox 3 in Ubuntu 7.04? I have tomorrow off, so I'd really like to get orca running a little with speech-dispatcher, and install firefox 3, so I can play around with it. Thanks a bunch for any help. Guy At 04:22 PM 4/28/2007, you wrote: Hi, how do you go to a site in firefox. I tab to a search and type in a site, but get a bunch of other stuff. I'm sure I just don't know the shortcut key for this. One other question, I got the orca source but autogen doesn't seem to do anything. Is this suppose to be the first step to build a install. Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000736-2, 04/26/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: installing ubuntu 7.4 with speech
Hey there Christian, maybe you or someone on the list can answer a question for me. Why is it that when I go into something like network administration from the applications menu, I lose speech? Is there a way to keep my speech in these apps? As with before, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Guy At 05:31 PM 4/27/2007, you wrote: Hi Keith, I have just installed Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty myself and here is what you have to do. Boot the CD and press F5 and then 3 and enter twice to boot with Orca. When you get speech do the following 1. Press Alt+F2 to get into the Run Application dialog 2. Type gnome-terminal and press Enter. 3. In the resulting Terminal window, type sudo su and press Enter. You should hear root at ubuntu colon slash home slash ubuntu pound. 4. Press Insert Q to quit Orca. At this point, the Orca quit confirmation dialog will appear. You need to tab to the Yes button and press Space. At this point, you will have no speech, but focus is still in the terminal window. Type orca --no-setup --disable main-window and press Enter. This will cause speech to resume, but Orca will now be running as root (the equivalent of Administrator in Windows). 6. Type ubiquity and press Enter. These instructions can be found with more info at: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuFeisty And yes when the installation is finished and you have logged in you will get speech. Hope it helps! All the best, Christian On 2007-04-27 at 19:37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Just joined this list in the hope of some help. I have the 7.4 ubuntu but am loosing speech when I try to install. The only instructions I can find relate to previous versions so perhaps this is where I am going wrong. I boot the system and select f5 3 and a couple of returns. I eventually get speech and I land in the orca preferences although the instructions tell me I will need to use alt tabb to get there. Not sure how I am meant to leave the preferences as the instructions mention a close button. I am not finding one and tabbing gives me an ok or preferences button. Hitting enter on ok does not seem to have any affect. At this point, continuing with the instructions, I get as far as typing sudo su and quitting and restarting orca. When I type ubiquity I loose speech totally. Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what may be happening or any instructions that relate to this version? Also, as I have spent several days at this, if I get some assistance and get ubuntu installed, can I reinstate speech after the install and get it to start with speech enabelled? Also, if any one has got this to work, are these speech losses just happening around the install or is stability an issue when performing tasks e.t.c. Sorry for the questions but am new at this. Many thanks Keith Barrett -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
speech dispatcher
Hi, I think Michael gave me this info before, but I re installed feisty when the final came out and lost the info. Anyway the volume is to low in speech dispatcher. What is the name of the file to edit. Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000736-2, 04/26/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: speech dispatcher
I have the same problem. My volume is too low, and I cannot hear system sounds or play music files. If you figure it out, please let me know. :) Thanks, Guy At 07:24 PM 4/28/2007, mike coulombe wrote: Hi, I think Michael gave me this info before, but I re installed feisty when the final came out and lost the info. Anyway the volume is to low in speech dispatcher. What is the name of the file to edit. Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000736-2, 04/26/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
speech-dispatcher
Hi, when looking I didn't see speech-dispatcher in the orca settings. I uninstalled and reinstalled it, and got the following message when it was done. Failed to start. Any ideas Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000736-2, 04/26/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
speech
Hi, I found the problem with speech-dispatcher. I set default volume to 150. That didn't work. Setting it back to 100 fixed the not starting problem, but the speech is still quiet. So I need the correct line to edit. This file looks different than the one I edited before. Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000736-2, 04/26/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
