Re: (In)Accessibility of Unity in current Precise

ity, there'd be a lot less breakage for assistive technology. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

On 5/1/09 11:32, Hugh Sasse wrote: > On Sun, 28 Dec 2008, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: [snip] >> Opera is a good example of browser that attempts to cater towards the >> needs of a wide variety of different disabilities: >> >> * It has zoom and fit-to-width capab

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

ations and user interface to match. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: why using graphics mode for a11y?

put models. Most browsers and editors fall into that category for instance. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: New To Ubuntu and Orca

> It also loses speech when I go in to some of the different programs > like update manager or add remove. Have a look at: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SysAdmin Plenty other information on the Orca wiki generally: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/ Hope that helps. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis --

Re: Orca script language manual

me.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp But ask on the Orca list for more information: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Who do I tell

the Orca developers are probably best placed to determine that. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Herzog wrote: > Who can I tell my bug discoveries to so my wining gets to the right > UBUNTU guy(s) who could help fix them.? > > I use Ubuntu and Orca, which came on my new Dell 1420 Laptop. >

Image-only CAPTCHA registration for Ubuntu Forums

it's best to respond in the thread on the Forums themselves. Otherwise, feel free to respond here and if your responses contain new information I'll add them to the thread there. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com http

Re: orca not reading some administration screens

At the moment, that won't work when a configuration screen requires administrator (root) access. For a way to get it working, follow the instructions under the heading "Preferred Way (GNOME 2.18 and Better)" at: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SysAdmin -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis P

Re: customising orca for different applications

Yes, it is possible. See: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/AppSpecificSettings How far the different OpenOffice programs count as a different application however, I'm not certain. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis Pranav Lal wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to customise orca for a particul

Re: sharing folders

I think the problem here is the problem of using Orca with applications that require administrative access, which is a bug that's still be worked on. It should certainly be possible to do the same thing from the command line, if necessary. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis mike coulombe wrote: &g

Re: firefox

nline converter such as http://cgi.w3.org/cgi-bin/html2txt, then save the result. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis mike coulombe wrote: > Hi, I went to save a web page in firefox and didn't see the option to save it > as a txt file. > Is this possible or does firefox only save as html. >

Re: firefox

Press ctrl + L to go to the Location bar. The current contents will be selected automatically, so you can just type in your desired address right over them. Then press enter to go to the new URL. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis mike coulombe wrote: > Hi, how do you go to a site in firefox. > I

Re: need info on menus

or example, if I go to the Applications menu, then press U, the selection jumps to Utilities. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis mike coulombe wrote: > Hi, I have always noticed in ubuntu when I am in a directory > and press the first letter of what I am looking for it doesn't go to that >

Re: basic screen reader question

Active screen reader development is now ongoing with Orca not Gnopernicus. Does Gnopernicus allow you to do something Orca does not? -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: need some info

There are instructions at: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/Firefox -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: just a ideaa

mike coulombe wrote: > I think it would be a good idea to have the volume control in the preferences > menu. It would certainly make sense for it to be part of the Sound settings, which are in the Preferences menu. But I assume this would need to be fixed upstream in Gnome. -- Benjamin

Re: is there a problem with open office

mike coulombe wrote: > Hi, I noticed that open office doesn't load at all. Sounds like a problem peculiar to your system, I'm afraid. What version of Ubuntu are you using, and how are you starting OpenOffice.org? -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailin

Re: a question about gnome

d. It is a known issue with the Gnome accessibility framework, it is being worked on, but as far as I can see it hasn't yet been fixed. See the following bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163132 Hope that helps. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubunt

Re: Help needed

uration (DHCP)" not "Static IP Address". I hope that helped a little. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Languages and Speech synthesis

That's great work Gilles! It would be good to have download information, and also details on what sort of tweaks are required. For example, could these tweaks be attempted by end-users or do they absolutely need developers or what? -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing

Re: Orca on laptops.

s comment on that submission: http://tinyurl.com/tg63q I'm not sure if that makes access to normal caps lock behaviour a "must have" or a "nice to have". As far as I can see, it's not as crucial as effective web access, but that may be my bias talking. -- Benjam

Re: Orca on laptops.

With regards to alternatives to the numeric keypad, might it make sense to offer Emacs- and Vim-style movement keys as options? Just a thought. Also, as though to prove how important this issue is, here's a post just sent to the Mozilla dev-accessibility list in which a would-be Ubuntu and Orca us

Re: Orca on laptops.

ute. But pressing [Caps Lock] then ['] then [e] outputs an apostrophe then a normal e. Doesn't that imply it is no longer latching? -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Orca on laptops.

t; want to avoid getting that intrusive. So we should probably consider > CapsLock to be an always-latching key, IMO. I thought the Gnome Keyboard preferences already allowed one to make CapsLock a simple modifier key for entering special characters? When this is done, is it still latching? -

Re: Orca on laptops.

n start up. Users do need guidance, however, as some will be using not just Orca but Linux for the first time. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Orca on laptops.

ication key combinations apply, but that's not exactly an insurmountable problem. -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

[Bug 64188] Enabling Orca breaks Gnome on Edgy LiveCD

Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gnome-orca I burnt the latest ISO of the Edgy Live CD on 6 October 2006, verified its integrity, and launched Gnome. Things seemed to be working fine, so I started Orca from the Applications menu. In the setup script, I said "yes" to the first option, "no