Onboard in oneiric needs testing.
Hi folks, There has been some work recently done on onboard, which unfortunately did not make the final release. However, the Ubuntu release team was kind enough to allow a possible new upstream candidate with many bug fixes to be uploaded to the oneiric-proposed release pocket of Oneiric. This means that the onboard package can be tested, and if testing is satisfactory, and no important regressions or other bugs are found, then the new upstrea version of onboard will be released into oneiric-updates. For this to happen, the package needs some testing from you, the users. Here is what you need to do to get the package for testing. 1. Make sure you are using oneiric. This package of onboard will not be made available for any other Ubuntu release. 2. Read these instructions carefully: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed 3. Install the version of onboard from oneoric-proposed, and test. 4. Once you have done some testing, plesae leave feedback here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872374 The more people that test, the better the test results will be, and the higher the likelyhood of the onboard update being available for the general public. Thanks for your time and consideration. Luke -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Oneiric accessibility: install, Unity, and Unity 2D
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Bill Cox wrote: > A non-starter for me is that Unity doesn't work with Compiz, and I > require it's inverse video and magnification capabilities. So, I've > switched to Ubuntu 2D, which I believe was built using QT. Compiz > works great, but Orca doesn't see the Unity desktop. Are you just referring to the part where Compiz doesn't zoom the Unity dock itself (but does operate on the rest of the screen while using Unity), or are you saying you can't use inverse or zoom at all while using Unity? I'm a little confused because Unity requires Compiz so isn't incompatible with it. -- Mackenzie Morgan -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Oneiric accessibility: install, Unity, and Unity 2D
I'm in the process of installing Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10. Here's my first impressions. The install needs a bit of work, but when Orca is enabled on boot using the magic key sequence, it seems basically usable. I had a crash related to Orca I think, though I was poking around the desktop with my mouse during the install. Orca still has issues with Unity, though I didn't explore much of it. The same bug that I saw in Maverick where the caps lock key toggles on every Orca command is still there. By itself, I suspect Unity could be fully accessible by the 12.04 release. There's a big decision for Vinux: whether to try and use Gnome 3 in the future, or Unity. I have a slight preference for Unity, but I have a small screen and need large fonts and/or magnification, so Unity's netbook optimized layout is particularly good for me. I also suspect we could work easily with the Ubuntu team to enhance accessibility. A non-starter for me is that Unity doesn't work with Compiz, and I require it's inverse video and magnification capabilities. So, I've switched to Ubuntu 2D, which I believe was built using QT. Compiz works great, but Orca doesn't see the Unity desktop. So, I'm not sure what to recommend the Vinux community. Options on the table, I think, are Gnome shell 3.0, Unity 2D and the default Unity. I hear Gnome shell 3.0 is also incompatible with Compiz. Anyone have any opinions on the right way to build Vinux 4.0? Bill -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: updated at-spi 2 packages in Natty
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 04:13:23AM EST, Alex Midence wrote: > Hi, all, > > I wanted to know if there were any plans to get a more up to date > version of at-spi 2 working in Natty? It's still using 2.0.2 or > something like that and at-spi2 is at 2.2.0 if not 2.2.1 by now. Since Natty is already released, it will only receive important bug fixes and security updates, so now, at-spi2 in natty will stay as is, unless a critical bug is discovered that needs fixing, the case for which would have to be grave, since at-spi2 is not installed by default in Natty. Luke -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
How to access Adobe flash player setting panel like a totally blind user in Linux?
Dear advanced users and developers, I Am helpless during access The function in The following Adobe interactive WEB page. http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.html Thank's to it, i can not enable Adobe flash player to use my microphone or camera on The special Flash player based WEB sites. I would like to valuably plese somebdy of You, how complex would be to find, on which data file Flash player stores The settings? Would somebody of Zou try to analyse gconf database or file system structure to find The Flash player settings? Orca is able to automatically announce ARIA live regions messages and many video WEB cam based sites are also containing chat messages and Flash player is needed to use those sites. It would be ammazing programmers project, write GTK accessible Adobe flash player control panel. I will contact Adobe company because of this big issue. Because this module is awailable for Windows but not for Linux and i Am very sad because of it. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Emacspeak 34 package
Hi, all, I was taking a gander through Synaptic on my Natty installation the other day and noticed that the repositories still have an Emacspeak package from emacspeak 29 which is several years old. We are now at Emacspeak 34 and there have been quite a few enhancements and additions since then. Personally, I installed it from source but thought I'd report this situation in case it hadn't been caught yet. Not everyone is comfortable installing emacspeak from source. Thanks. alex M -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
updated at-spi 2 packages in Natty
Hi, all, I wanted to know if there were any plans to get a more up to date version of at-spi 2 working in Natty? It's still using 2.0.2 or something like that and at-spi2 is at 2.2.0 if not 2.2.1 by now. I've seen quite a few at-spi update messages in the last few months containing all sorts of fixes and things from upstream but nothing seems to have changed in the ppa for Ubuntu. There a reason for this? Alex M -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Initial impressions of 11.10
This is odd, as I made a test of that ppa before announcing it, and I was able to use Orca to interact with unity and the panel. Probably it worked due some kind of development stuff on my laptop. I will check it for the next update. Thanks for the feedback. BR On 10/16/2011 06:04 AM, Nolan Darilek wrote: > Oh, and something else I noticed just now that's probably worth > mentioning: > > I installed Unity from the accessibility PPA. Before doing that, I'm > pretty sure the extra, non-app menu items in the bar spoke (I.e. for > wireless/network control, sound, etc.) Now after upgrading they no > longer speak. This seems like it might be a regression in the a11y PPA. > > Thanks. > > > On 10/15/2011 10:46 PM, Nolan Darilek wrote: >> Just slapped this onto an old netbook I'm trying to revive. Here are >> my initial impressions. >> >> I love the new way to run accessibility on the live CD. Great! I just >> wish it also worked from the instance that gets run when you choose >> to try without installing. Running manually works, but consistency >> would rule. >> >> Had some issues with the install, but those weren't accessibility >> related. >> >> My new installation didn't come up talking. I had to run Orca >> manually, enable accessibility and log back out and in. My >> expectation was that it'd come up talking as soon as I logged in. >> >> Along similar lines, Orca doesn't run automatically. I have to start >> it manually. This despite my impression that the screen reader toggle >> in the accessibility settings screen is enabled. I can't seem to find >> a "Run Orca on startup" option in Orca's preferences anymore. >> >> Unity seems quite keyboard accessible. Going to need time to get used >> to the many new commands. >> >> My timezone is incorrect and I can't figure out how to reset it. In >> Time and Date I see a text area containing the location New York, but >> I can't figure a way to set this to anything local to me. I tried >> entering "Chicago" since that's usually the timezone I choose, but >> that doesn't seem to take. >> >> Lots of widgets seem to be misrepresented as checkboxes. In >> particular, many menu items appear this way. >> >> I'm not clear on how to navigate some of the panels in Unity 2D. >> They're also said to be inaccessible even though I did get some >> feedback from Orca at one point. >> >> All notifications speak "Notification: notify-osd". I have to look at >> .cache/notify-osd.log to see what I missed. >> >> While this is a long list of negatives, I'm quite impressed at how >> accessible things are after such a major change. I probably won't put >> 11.10 on my main machine for now, but I'm enjoying playing with it on >> the netbook. >> > > -- Alejandro Piñeiro Iglesias -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: speakup under oneiric
Jude DaShiell, le Mon 17 Oct 2011 01:29:32 -0400, a écrit : > speechd-up and speakup do not play nicely together. One or the other is > possible but not both.On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, mk360 wrote: You mean speechd-up and espeakup, I guess. Samuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
