Re: Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages
OK, perhaps Evolution has a setting to display all emails as plain text? As for Thunderbird you need to get it from the mozilla ftp site because you need the beta version of Thunderbird 3 for the accessibility to be there. Ordinarily using add/remove programs or typing sudo apt-get install is the best way to get new packages in Ubuntu. The mozilla ftp site is at ftp://ftp.mozilla.org If you need further help to download Thunderbird give me a shout. Paul On 31/05/09 21:34, Peter Torpey wrote: I did try the "caret navigation" option. This gave me access to the header fields of the message, but not the contents of the body of the message. If I don't get any other recommendations here, maybe I'll install Thunderbird. What is the best/easiest way to install such packages? Should I browse under the Add/Remove Programs, Synaptic Package Manager, or simply find the correct install package name on the web and use apd-get install from the Gnome terminal? Thanks. --Pete *From:* Paul Hunt [mailto:hu...@ukonline.co.uk] *Sent:* Sunday, May 31, 2009 4:30 PM *To:* ptor...@rochester.rr.com *Cc:* ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com *Subject:* Re: Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages Hopefully someone who uses Evolution can answer this if my solution doesn't work because this is a guess. I actually use Thunderbird not Evolution. There is a setting called something like "enable carot navigation" which lets you arrow around read-only emails as if it was editable text. It should be in the menus somewhere. If this doesn't work I hope someone else can answer this for you. Paul On 31/05/09 21:14, Peter Torpey wrote: I set up my mail account in Evolution, but can't seem to easily red HTML messages. When I hit enter on a message to red it with Orca, the braille display says something like "panel is showing HTML", but the message can't be read. I figured out that I could read the message with Orca if I hit the option to use this message as part of a new message (like forwarding the message). If I do that, the contents can be read by navigating with the arrow keys. This seems a bit awkward, though, and I thought there must be a better method. If not, is there another mail client which should preferably be used with Orca? Thanks. --Pete No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.46/2145 - Release Date: 05/31/09 05:53:00 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages
Hi, I use thunderbird 3.0. It is a beta version but works quite well with orca. On 05/31/2009 05:14 PM, Peter Torpey wrote: I set up my mail account in Evolution, but can't seem to easily red HTML messages. When I hit enter on a message to red it with Orca, the braille display says something like "panel is showing HTML", but the message can't be read. I figured out that I could read the message with Orca if I hit the option to use this message as part of a new message (like forwarding the message). If I do that, the contents can be read by navigating with the arrow keys. This seems a bit awkward, though, and I thought there must be a better method. If not, is there another mail client which should preferably be used with Orca? Thanks. --Pete -- José Vilmar Estácio de Souza Informal Informatica msn: vil...@informal.com.br aim: zevilmar gmail: jvil...@gmail.com fone: +55 21-2555-2650 cel: +55 21-8868-0859 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
RE: Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages
I did try the "caret navigation" option. This gave me access to the header fields of the message, but not the contents of the body of the message. If I don't get any other recommendations here, maybe I'll install Thunderbird. What is the best/easiest way to install such packages? Should I browse under the Add/Remove Programs, Synaptic Package Manager, or simply find the correct install package name on the web and use apd-get install from the Gnome terminal? Thanks. --Pete From: Paul Hunt [mailto:hu...@ukonline.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 4:30 PM To: ptor...@rochester.rr.com Cc: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages Hopefully someone who uses Evolution can answer this if my solution doesn't work because this is a guess. I actually use Thunderbird not Evolution. There is a setting called something like "enable carot navigation" which lets you arrow around read-only emails as if it was editable text. It should be in the menus somewhere. If this doesn't work I hope someone else can answer this for you. Paul On 31/05/09 21:14, Peter Torpey wrote: I set up my mail account in Evolution, but can't seem to easily red HTML messages. When I hit enter on a message to red it with Orca, the braille display says something like "panel is showing HTML", but the message can't be read. I figured out that I could read the message with Orca if I hit the option to use this message as part of a new message (like forwarding the message). If I do that, the contents can be read by navigating with the arrow keys. This seems a bit awkward, though, and I thought there must be a better method. If not, is there another mail client which should preferably be used with Orca? Thanks. --Pete No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.46/2145 - Release Date: 05/31/09 05:53:00 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages
Hopefully someone who uses Evolution can answer this if my solution doesn't work because this is a guess. I actually use Thunderbird not Evolution. There is a setting called something like "enable carot navigation" which lets you arrow around read-only emails as if it was editable text. It should be in the menus somewhere. If this doesn't work I hope someone else can answer this for you. Paul On 31/05/09 21:14, Peter Torpey wrote: I set up my mail account in Evolution, but can't seem to easily red HTML messages. When I hit enter on a message to red it with Orca, the braille display says something like "panel is showing HTML", but the message can't be read. I figured out that I could read the message with Orca if I hit the option to use this message as part of a new message (like forwarding the message). If I do that, the contents can be read by navigating with the arrow keys. This seems a bit awkward, though, and I thought there must be a better method. If not, is there another mail client which should preferably be used with Orca? Thanks. --Pete -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Using Orca with Evolution and HTML Messages
I set up my mail account in Evolution, but can't seem to easily red HTML messages. When I hit enter on a message to red it with Orca, the braille display says something like "panel is showing HTML", but the message can't be read. I figured out that I could read the message with Orca if I hit the option to use this message as part of a new message (like forwarding the message). If I do that, the contents can be read by navigating with the arrow keys. This seems a bit awkward, though, and I thought there must be a better method. If not, is there another mail client which should preferably be used with Orca? Thanks. --Pete -- 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
