anyway to stop orca from speaking.

Hi, when doing a dist upgrade through apt-get, is there a way to keep orca from speaking all the time. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: A Bit OT: Making the Command-Line Friendlier (DOS-Background, Long)

Veli-Pekka Tätilä, le Mon 09 Oct 2006 21:21:16 +0300, a écrit : > So what I'll use in stead nearly always is ls -1. Yeah, that's a usual option for accessibility. > And I'd like to make that the default including piping it to the more > or less commands. ls always uses -1 when piped (for permitt

Re: A Bit OT: Making the Command-Line Friendlier (DOS-Background, Long)

Hi Samuel, Thanks for your reply. I'll snip pretty much and only comment some conclusions and other points you raise. Samuel Thibault wrote: > Ah, I thought would were criticizing the bare ls output. Well, yes, Now that you got me going about this, I am, . I mean it lists multiple files on a lin

Re: A Bit OT: Making the Command-Line Friendlier (DOS-Background, Long)

Samuel Thibault, le Mon 09 Oct 2006 18:31:23 +0200, a écrit : > > This sentence says three or four things in a long, hard-to-understand style > > with two sets of parentheses in it. > > Well, you're welcome to rephrase it and submit it Don't take me wrong: I'm not too lazy to do it, but I'm jus

Re: A Bit OT: Making the Command-Line Friendlier (DOS-Background, Long)

Veli-Pekka Tätilä, le Mon 09 Oct 2006 18:57:56 +0300, a écrit : > Samuel Thibault wrote: > >> LS output is very speech unfriendly, > > What do you mean? Because it speaks all file names? > WIth this in mind the ls -l ordering and formatting is quite bad. For > example: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vtatila vta

Re: A Bit OT: Making the Command-Line Friendlier (DOS-Background, Long)

Samuel Thibault wrote: >> LS output is very speech unfriendly, > What do you mean? Because it speaks all file names? Not really, let me elaborate. Most screen readres have a browse mode for moving around the screen independently of the cursor. In the typical scenario you start examining screen re

reading manuals with orca

Hi, has anyone been able to read manuals with orca. In gedit for example. I can read the titles for a subject, but pressing enter or any other key doesn't seem to get me to the text. Does this feature work in orca at this time. Thanks Mike. X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0640-6, 10/08/2006), Outbound m

Re: Almost ashamed to ask but ...

Hi. Try installing gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 Kenny On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:23:52PM +0200, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hey folks, > Krister here with another little query for you. > I'm trying to play an .mp3 file by selecting it on the Gnome desktop and > then hitting the enter key. Bu

Re: Almost ashamed to ask but ...

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 11:23:52PM EST, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hey folks, > Krister here with another little query for you. > I'm trying to play an .mp3 file by selecting it on the Gnome desktop and > then hitting the enter key. But instead of nice music, a dialog comes up > saying that Totem can

Almost ashamed to ask but ...

Hey folks, Krister here with another little query for you. I'm trying to play an .mp3 file by selecting it on the Gnome desktop and then hitting the enter key. But instead of nice music, a dialog comes up saying that Totem can't play this type of file since i don't have a decoder for .mp3 installed

Re: Available text-to-speech software for linux

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jonathan Duddington, le Mon 09 Oct 2006 13:07:02 +0100, a écrit : > > The LarsWiki list is incomplete. There's also eSpeak: > > http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ > Then please notify LarsWiki people. Yes, I'll do that

Re: Available text-to-speech software for linux

Jonathan Duddington, le Mon 09 Oct 2006 13:07:02 +0100, a écrit : > The LarsWiki list is incomplete. There's also eSpeak: > http://espeak.sourceforge.net/ Then please notify LarsWiki people. Samuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt

Re: Available text-to-speech software for linux

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Hayes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, I was wondering whether there are any broad and up-to-date lists > on the internet of what text-to-speech software is available for > linux - or whether anyone can reply with a list of them - or offer > any suggestion

Re: Available text-to-speech software for linux

Thanks Samuel, that's fantastic!On 09/10/06, Samuel Thibault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,LarsWiki probably has a list http://larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca/wikiSamuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibil

Re: Available text-to-speech software for linux

Hi, LarsWiki probably has a list http://larswiki.atrc.utoronto.ca/wiki Samuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Available text-to-speech software for linux

Hey, I was wondering whether there are any broad and up-to-date lists on the internet of what text-to-speech software is available for linux - or whether anyone can reply with a list of them - or offer any suggestions of what ones have the most voices/options or are best for certain reasons. My fat

Re: Making the Command-Line Friendlier (DOS-Background)

Hi, Veli-Pekka Tätilä, le Mon 09 Oct 2006 09:09:08 +0300, a écrit : > LS output is very speech unfriendly, What do you mean? Because it speaks all file names? > silence on success feels disconcerting, Isn't the prompt spoken ? > having to specify that you want a confirmation appears to negate

[Bug 56478] Re: gnome-panel dies when screenreader is enabled and...

This is a known problem in Dapper's version of gnome, and is fixed in the edgy release. ** Changed in: gail (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- gnome-panel dies when screenreader is enabled and... https://launchpad.net/bugs/56478 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-acces

[Bug 56478] Re: gnome-panel dies when screenreader is enabled and...

Thanks for your bug report. Could you please try to obtain a backtrace by following the instructions on http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash. This will greatly aid us in tracking down your problem. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => gail -- gnome-panel dies when scre

[Bug 56478] gnome-panel dies when screenreader is enabled and...

Public bug reported: OK, in Dapper, if I enable the "Screenreader" option in the Assistive Technology Preferences, gnome-panel (and epiphany) die unexpectedly at certain times. I can reproduce this by doing the following: - Log on to GNOME desktop. - Close Gnoppernicus (optional, doesn't change a