Re: Installing the latest Orca...and on to the capslock patch
Thanks; that worked. I like that new little window thing for preferences/quitting. It's nicer than having to go into the assistive technology prefs to change things in orca. So now my question is, I tried to put in the capslock patch, but it says it can't find the file to patch at line 8, and asks me what file to patch. The commad I entered was patch capslock.patch. Should I have done it differently? Thanks, Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Orca edgy not installing
I had a similar problem, and installing off the alt disk was a good solution. The alt disk installed easily, though you might need a sighted person to help you with the installation; I can read large print slowly and was able to squint through the installation though it took me a while. But the install itself went smoothly, and I am writing this e-mail from the system in question. Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Installing the latest Orca
Hello, all,
I followed the directions on the UbuntuEdgyEft wiki for Orca, but go
the following when I tried to do the sudo ./autogen.sh; sudo make; sudo
make install series:
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
configure: creating libtool
appending configuration tag CXX to libtool
appending configuration tag F77 to libtool
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for brl... yes
checking for a Python interpreter with version = 2.4... python
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for python version... 2.4
checking for python platform... linux2
checking for python script directory...
${prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for python extension module directory...
${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for headers required to compile python extensions... not found
configure: error: Could not find python headers needed to build Python
extensions
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
So my question is, is there a package I should be installing to resolve
this python header issue?
Thanks,
Terrence
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Substitute for Mouse in Ubuntu?
Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients: Recipient address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reason: Illegal host/domain name found email message attachment Forwarded Message Hello, all, Is there any way to control the mouse via the keyboard? I seem to remember an earlier release had a mousekeys feature, but I haven't seen it on 6.10. There are some programs that I run that do kind of need me to move the pointer a bit. Also, is there a way to collapse a single Thanks, Terrence Reporting-MTA: dns;msgmmp-1.gci.net (tcp-daemon) Original-recipient: rfc822;ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.org Final-recipient: rfc822;ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.org Action: failed Status: 5.4.4 (Illegal host/domain name found) -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Orca on laptops.
Hello all, Speakup had a the capslock key as a modifier for laptops, with the right-hand part of the keyboard being used in place of the numpad keys, e.g. uio = 789 jkl = 456 m,. = 123 I can't remember what they did for /, *, -, +, ., or the enter key, but I'm sure of the main part. I didn't use it much as I didn't have a laptop at the time, but I experimented with it and thought it was pretty sensible. Terrence Terrence m,./ or something like that. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Orca on laptops.
Perhaps I should be clearer about my experiences with capslock as a modifier. I'm assuming now that shiftlock and capslock are the same thing. In Speakup, capslock serves as the modifier key to get access to the screen reading keys, and does not in fact toggle on and off. To enable the USUAL behavior, I would hit the shift key plus the shiftlock key, then do the same to disable it. Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Speech starting up automatically?
Hi Willy and all,
Actually, it's kind of sporadic as to whether speech comes up
automatically or not. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. I'm
going to include the file you requested below.
Terrence
# user-settings.py - custom Orca settings
# Generated by orca. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!!!
# If you want permanent customizations that will not
# be overwritten, edit orca-customizations.py.
#
import re
import time
import orca.debug
import orca.settings
import orca.acss
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_OFF
orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_SEVERE
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_WARNING
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_INFO
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_CONFIGURATION
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_FINE
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_FINER
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_FINEST
#orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_ALL
#orca.debug.eventDebugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_OFF
#orca.debug.eventDebugFilter = None
#orca.debug.eventDebugFilter = re.compile('[\S]*focus|[\S]*activ')
#orca.debug.eventDebugFilter = re.compile('nomatch')
#orca.debug.eventDebugFilter = re.compile('[\S]*:accessible-name')
#orca.debug.debugFile = open(time.strftime('debug-%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%
S.out'), 'w', 0)
#orca.debug.debugFile = open('debug.out', 'w', 0)
#orca.settings.useBonoboMain=False
#orca.settings.debugEventQueue=True
#orca.settings.gilSleepTime=0
if False:
import sys
import orca.util
sys.settrace(orca.util.traceit)
orca.debug.debugLevel = orca.debug.LEVEL_ALL
orca.settings.orcaModifierKeys = ['Insert', 'KP_Insert']
orca.settings.enableSpeech = True
orca.settings.speechServerFactory = 'orca.gnomespeechfactory'
orca.settings.speechServerInfo = ['Festival GNOME Speech Driver',
'OAFIID:GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver_Festival:proto0.3']
orca.settings.voices = {
'default' : orca.acss.ACSS({'average-pitch': 5.2002,
'family': {'locale': 'english', 'gender': None, 'name': 'kal_diphone'},
'gain': 9.0,
'rate': 78.0}),
'uppercase' : orca.acss.ACSS({'average-pitch': 6}),
'hyperlink' : orca.acss.ACSS({'average-pitch': 2}),
}
orca.settings.speechVerbosityLevel = orca.settings.VERBOSITY_LEVEL_BRIEF
orca.settings.readTableCellRow = True
orca.settings.enableSpeechIndentation = False
orca.settings.enableEchoByWord = False
orca.settings.enableKeyEcho = False
orca.settings.enablePrintableKeys = False
orca.settings.enableModifierKeys = False
orca.settings.enableLockingKeys = False
orca.settings.enableFunctionKeys = False
orca.settings.enableActionKeys = False
orca.settings.enableBraille = False
orca.settings.enableBrailleGrouping = False
orca.settings.brailleVerbosityLevel =
orca.settings.VERBOSITY_LEVEL_VERBOSE
orca.settings.brailleRolenameStyle =
orca.settings.BRAILLE_ROLENAME_STYLE_LONG
orca.settings.enableBrailleMonitor = False
orca.settings.enableMagnifier = True
orca.settings.enableMagCursor = True
orca.settings.enableMagCursorExplicitSize = False
orca.settings.magCursorSize = 32
orca.settings.magCursorColor = '#00'
orca.settings.enableMagCrossHair = False
orca.settings.enableMagCrossHairClip = False
orca.settings.magCrossHairSize = 16
orca.settings.magZoomerLeft = 576
orca.settings.magZoomerRight = 1142
orca.settings.magZoomerTop = 420
orca.settings.magZoomerBottom = 840
orca.settings.magZoomFactor = 10
orca.settings.enableMagZoomerColorInversion = False
orca.settings.magSmoothingMode =
orca.settings.MAG_SMOOTHING_MODE_BILINEAR
orca.settings.magMouseTrackingMode =
orca.settings.MAG_MOUSE_TRACKING_MODE_CENTERED
orca.settings.verbalizePunctuationStyle =
orca.settings.PUNCTUATION_STYLE_SOME
try:
__import__(orca-customizations)
except ImportError:
pass
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Printing Labels?
Does anyone know of an accessible program that will print labels (e.g. for addresses etc.)? I tried downloadingglabels, but it doesn't seem to want to install properly. I had seen it written somewhere that Openoffice could do it, but I didn't see any sort of features for that anywhere unless I'm looking in the wrong place. So I'd appreciate any ideas anyone has. Thanks, Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Speech starting up automatically?
Hi, all, When I run orca with speech and magnification enabled, the speech doesn't come up automatically when I log in. I get the magnifier OK, but I then have to go into assistive tech settings and start orca again to get the speech going. Is there a way to be sure that both speech and magnification start up together? Also, is there a way to install my configuration to a flash drive or something so that I can have it available when running from a live CD? I'm using a system I installed from an alternate install CD, but I want to do some demos with a live CD using the settings I have on here. And one more question, somewhat related since the question may well come up. Since firefox is not really accessible, what is the best option for web browsing with accessibility under Ubuntu? Thanks, Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Too much output from Orca
Is there a way to get Orca not to blab the title in Firefox whenever I hit the tab key? It's kind of awkward to constantly have to wait for the title end to see where the focus is. Also, is there a down-to-earth explanation of the review keys of orca somewhere? Thanks, Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Using Orca with Evolution
hello there, all, Thanks for the advice on getting Ubuntu going on my dinosaur PC. The alternate install did turn out to have accessibiity features, and I'm probably going to switch my OSes around as soon as I get up the gumption to do all the backing up of my other hard drive necessary to keep from losing my files when I install Ubuntu onto the other hard drive. Although...if the hard drive I'm installing onto is already a Linux partition, is it possible to install without having do delete the data? Now to my main question. Is there a key that will let me automatically read the whole of an e-mail message? I can read my e-mails well enough by using the review keys, but ideally I'd prefer to be able to read the message in ne go. Thanks, Terrence -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Need advice/Question on Current Release
Hey there, all, I tried the newest release, and have had little/no success with it. The install script doesn't run when I click on it and my computer freezes up. Also, running orca from console 1 told me it couldn't find the display or something like tat, and/or told me that watchdog detected something bad, and running it from within Gnome didn't produce *anything*. Someone over on the gnome-accessibility list, I think it was, suggested that some of my issues stemmed from the fact that I only had a PC with 433 mhz and 160 MB of ram, and had suggested I try Xubuntu. However, I haven't seemed to have much luck getting accessibility going on that. So my questions are these: (1) *Can* I get Ubuntu up and running on my system even if it does only have 160 MB of ram? (2) If Xubuntu would be a solution for an old PC like this one, how would I get it accessible? and (3) What *is* the best option for such a PC as I've described? I've been using Oralux as my main distro, but there's things that Oralux can't do that I'd need X to accomplish. Thanks, Terrence -- When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace. A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love. ___ AIM: terrencevane; Yahoo: terrencevak; MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; icq: 467073979; LJ: terrencevane -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
