orca out of the box

2009-12-10 Thread Josh
Hi, I think in the next release when ubuntu live cd/dvd starts up it should detect the sound card then say: if you're blind do this to start the live cd with orca and dothat to start the installer with orca. make it more like the mac with voiceover kind of. Josh My email address is:

Re: orca out of the box

2009-12-10 Thread Arky
Hi Josh, Ubuntu LiveCD has an accessibility mode that enables blind users to use Orca screen reader and magnifier. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility/#Starting%20Orca%20on%20the%20Live%20CD Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant|

RE: orca out of the box

2009-12-10 Thread Isaac Porat
Hello Arki and all Your reply implies that all is well, in fact those who tried speech with Karmic knows that it is for all practical purposes unusable. It is my impression that even geeks can't get it to work reliably PulseAudio is too deeply embedded into the system and it seems that those