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From: ubuntu-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Charlie
Kravetz
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 12:33 PM
To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: Ringtail accessibility
On Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:24:27 -0600
Nolan Darilek wrote:
> Normally I'd stay away from development releases, but apparently the
> newest Orca requires Python 3.3, and I'm experiencing some issues in
> the Orca shipped with 12.10 that make it difficult to use (it doesn't
> seem to respond to the command line option that's supposed to kill it,
> hangs fairly regularly, and I occasionally get stuck in states where I
> can't navigate websites with arrows nor do keystrokes interrupt
> speech.) I know that at least the kill thing is probably resolved in
> Git master, but I'm wondering about the others.
>
> So I'm wondering about 13.04. Since many features aren't being
> publicized, are the 13.04 builds more accessibly stable than they'd be
> were Unity and other components undergoing massive churn? Has anyone
> experimented with this?
>
> What is the most accessible way to boot a virtualized desktop? Vbox is
> QT, and while I know there is a command line interface, I'd really
> like an easier and more accessible option for booting a Ubuntu desktop
> that doesn't involve configuring a VM from scratch via the command line.
>
> Thanks.
>
As stated many times now by the developer that maintains accessibility for
Ubuntu:
"It is recommended that you use 12.04 LTS instead. The accessibility team
does not have enough resources to make sure every release of Ubuntu is as
accessible as it can be, so the team only focuses on the LTS releases.
Luke"
That means the next version that we know will have orca and accessibility
working is 14.04. In between, things may or may not work, and should be
expected to give problems.
--
Charlie Kravetz
Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/]
Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] I
thought 13.04 was a LTS release, but either way, when I tried to install
13.04 a few hours ago, the installer was completely inaccessible. In fact,
it's so bad, that the try/install window is 100% inaccessible. Pressing
ctrl+s does start orca, but alt+tab fails to work in all cases.
As far as the virtual machine problem, an accessible virtualization package
is VMWare Player found at www.vmware.com/player. It is free for personal
use. Another option costs around $300USD, but it is VMWare Workstation found
at www.vmware.com/workstation. I like workstation better than player
especially when it is ran under linux, but player works when you are hard up
for money.
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