RE: accessible debian live cd

2019-11-22 Thread Don Raikes
hn doe > > > To: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > > > Subject: Re: accessible debian live cd > > > Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:53:03 + (UTC) > > > Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > > > > > > On 11/22/2019

accessible debian live cd

2019-11-21 Thread Don Raikes
Hello, I need a speech-enabled live cd/ flash drive so I can do some computer troubleshooting. Is there a current version of debian that could be recommended for this purpose? I would need access to the console with speech primarily. I have no braille display available at this time

how to run debian live from a flash drive

2019-08-01 Thread Don Raikes
Hi, I am downloading debian live 10.0.0 currently. Can I run it from a flash drive and if so, how can I make changes persistent? -- Thanks, Donald Accessibility, like security, is better when built-in from the beginning rather than bolted on at the end. http://www.oracle.com/ Donald

accessible command-line linux

2019-08-01 Thread Don Raikes
Hello, I am interested in installing Linux on a spare computer I have. Unfortunately my refreshable braille display is non-functional at this point, so I will need to rely on speech for everything. Is there a release of debian that has Speakup installed and working for not only the

installing debian accessibility on a flashdrive

2019-05-31 Thread Don Raikes
Hi, I haven't looked at debian accessibility in a long time. I am looking for a strictly console-based debian blend with console screenreaders and braille built-in. I need to be able to install the resulting distro onto a flash drive as a live system. Are there any instructions for

RE: [orca-list] no speech with orca and mate desktop

2016-08-29 Thread Don Raikes
Message- From: Jason White [mailto:ja...@jasonjgw.net] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 5:11 AM To: orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: Re: [orca-list] no speech with orca and mate desktop Don Raikes <don.rai...@oracle.com> wrote: > I altered /etc/speech-dispatcher/speech.conf to have the au

RE: brltty 5.2 on jesse unable to pan right

2015-07-28 Thread Don Raikes
then the panning works fine. -Original Message- From: Samuel Thibault [mailto:sthiba...@debian.org] Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 4:30 PM To: Don Raikes Cc: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: brltty 5.2 on jesse unable to pan right Hello, Don Raikes, le Sat 11 Jul 2015 18:07:14

RE: brltty 5.2 on jesse unable to pan right

2015-07-13 Thread Don Raikes
Jason, I will turn on the logging as you suggested. I may have an option for an actual physical machine to test it on later this week. -Original Message- From: Jason White [mailto:ja...@jasonjgw.net] Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 6:35 AM To: Don Raikes Cc: debian-accessibility

brltty 5.2 on jesse unable to pan right

2015-07-11 Thread Don Raikes
Hello, I have jesse 64-bit installed in a vm. I have my focus 40-blue Braille display connected and working with the vm. However, if there is more text on the line than I can see with the 40 cells, if I press the pan-right key, the focus jumps way beyond the end of the line so I see

RE: OT: WX Python

2014-08-08 Thread Don Raikes
Chris, I would like to know this as well. There needs to be an accessible ui for python and tk certainly isn't it. -Original Message- From: Chris Norman [mailto:chris.norm...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 11:40 AM To: Raspberry VI Cc: Debian Accessibility Subject: OT: WX

RE: remote desktop accessibility under gnome with orca

2014-05-17 Thread Don Raikes
- From: Lucas Radaelli [mailto:lucasradae...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 6:58 PM To: Don Raikes Cc: orca-l...@gnome.org; ubuntu-accessibil...@lists.ubuntu.com; debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: remote desktop accessibility under gnome with orca If you are going

remote desktop accessibility under gnome with orca

2014-05-16 Thread Don Raikes
Hi everyone, Sorry for the shotgun approach for sending this message, but I need to find an accessible remote desktop solution for interacting with either linux (gnome-based) or windows remote systems. I have a class I am taking over the summer where I will be interacting with a variety

RE: Some features may be dropped from GNU Screen in the future (including braille support)

2014-04-02 Thread Don Raikes
Amadeusz, If you can't test Braille support, don't just remove it, ask for help testing. I would be happy to test Braille support on Linux, and I am sure there are others who would be willing to test as well. I haven't ever used the screen package per se, but I am a strong proponent for

accessible debian live cd

2014-03-25 Thread Don Raikes
Hello, I am interested in creating an accessible debian live cd. My goal would be to start with, for example, the gnome-desktop live-image, and not only ensure that I could install it using a screenreader such as speakup/brltty, but also boot into the live system and have Braille and

RE: How to change GSettings from command-line?

2014-03-20 Thread Don Raikes
Hi all, I am trying to update the Kali Linux (based on debian wheezy) iso to include accessibility. I want to ensure that in the liveCD that both brltty and speakup start on boot into the live system. Are there any instructiosn for doing this? Also having orca start on boot into the

need some accessible command-line tools

2013-06-19 Thread Don Raikes
Hi all,I dont know where else to ask this question, so here it goes.I am building a console-only debian-based live/installed system, and I am looking for any suggestions on packages for the following:1. Pdf to text/html conversion (found pdftohtml, but not pdftotext).2. Some kind of perhaps

RE: This is it!

2013-06-18 Thread Don Raikes
Doug, I agree that clifox is a great step forward, although I haven't been very successful at getting it to work for me as yet, but that may have been the computer I was working on ( a very old laptop with limited resources). The developers are a great bunch of folks and very willing to help

RE: logging into wheezy

2013-03-27 Thread Don Raikes
Hi, I tried running /usr/bin/speaker-test with various .wav files on my system and all I get is white noise, not any kind of recognizable sounds. -Original Message- From: Jude DaShiell [mailto:jdash...@shellworld.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 3:56 PM To: Don Raikes Cc: debian

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2009-06-23 Thread Don Raikes
DrBongo, Figured it out. I should have vinux 2.0-alpha-2 installed on my laptop by the end of the day. Then comes the fun part -- customizing it :-) -Original Message- From: Anthony Sales [mailto:tony.sa...@rncb.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:16 PM To:

livecd accessibility

2009-04-23 Thread Don Raikes
Hi all: Sorry for the cross-posting, but I wasn't sure which list would be better for this question. Does the current i386 livecd have any accessibility support enabled in it? Is either orca, or brltty installed and/or running on boot? -- Oracle http://www.oracle.com Donald Raikes |

lenny, yasr, and speech-dispatcher

2009-04-15 Thread Don Raikes
Hi all, I am new to the debian world, and am interested in whether it is possible to get yasr and speech-dispatcher to work together on lenny. I saw this kind of configuration working on a ubuntu derrivative called Vinux, but am trying to build my own livecd from a lenny installation. When I

festival on lenny

2009-04-15 Thread Don Raikes
Hi all, I installed a copy of debian/lenny onto my desktop system. I did not include the graphical desktop because I want to use it for strictly console-based types of work. I want to get festival working on it, but even though I have installed alsa-oss alsa-utils alsa-tools and festival,

RE: festival on lenny

2009-04-15 Thread Don Raikes
: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:13 PM To: Don Raikes Subject: Re: festival on lenny Don Raikes, le Thu 16 Apr 2009 00:08:25 +, a écrit : Thanks for the response. I ran modprobe snd_pcm_oss which seems to have succeeded. I then ran $ festival --tts hello.txt I got an error saying