Re: [Support] Ubuntu-Mate Accessibility Review (1st draft)

2015-04-08 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
I think I will stay away from mate sounds like it needs some serious work On 4/8/2015 3:20 PM, Dave Hunt wrote: This is a brief account of my experience with Ubuntu-Mate 15.04 Beta 2. If I were unfamiliar with Mate, and its accessibility quirks, I'd have had a lot of trouble; things are not re

Re: Mythspeech - mythtv for blind/visually impaired

2012-12-22 Thread Hank Smith
wasn't it written in qt to begin with? if so why can't they just inable accessibility? or would that involve writing intire code to impl;iment qt accessibility? thanks Hank On 12/22/2012 3:39 PM, Peter Vágner wrote: Hello, I understand mithtv is full solution but writing qt accessibility suppo

Re: Mythspeech - mythtv for blind/visually impaired

2012-12-22 Thread Hank Smith
please try to reach out to the developers. this program I am also told is one of the better tv sulutions for linux. Hank On 12/22/2012 2:45 PM, faginbagin wrote: I'd like to announce Mythspeech, which makes it easier for the blind and/or visually impaired to use MythTV, an open source DVR (digit

kde desktop with orca?

2012-08-12 Thread Hank Smith
Hello any one know how well kde desktop works with ubuntu 12.04? also what package do I need to get if I choose to give it a try? I heard it is suposivly accessible or mostly accessible. Hank -- websites: http://www.xpango.com/?ref=92757322 http://hanksmith1.zeekrewards.com http://prelaunchx.com

changing default time ubuntu prompts for password when computer sitting idle?

2012-08-12 Thread Hank Smith
Hello where do I go in ubuntu to change the default time ubuntu prompts u to inter in password when computer sitting idle? I don't like the amount of time it is set to when doing stuff each time when I come back after 3 minutes or so I have to inter in my password I want to change the default ti

changing tabs in sounds under settings?

2012-06-23 Thread Hank Smith
Hello under system settings, sound, how do you change tabs from output to input? left and write aros isn't doing the trick am using ubuntu 12.04 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

accessing the root directory from unity in ubuntu 12.04?

2012-05-22 Thread Hank Smith
Hello I am trying to install my voxin tts engin and need to copy it to the main directory of my root in ubuntu 12.04how do I find this using unity? I don't see a my places unity equivolent. Hank -- personal email: hanksm...@hanksmith.net facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hanksmith5 zello: hanksm

controling ubuntu remotely

2012-04-25 Thread Hank Smith
Hello is there a program I can get that would allow me to control ubuntu remotely that has audio support? they have windows ones but am in search for a linux one. I would also be wanting to control orca as well via this method. thanks Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5lea

unbuntu apps that are blind friendly?

2012-04-21 Thread Hank Smith
hello does ubuntu come with audio and video apps by default, or do I have to install them? because I don't see much in the way of apps on my freshly installed ubuntu 12.04 system. if it doesn't come with anything can any one please recommend any good audio, video, recording apps, and other sip a

correction on last email on gnome

2012-04-09 Thread Hank Smith
Hello correction on my last email don't run orca -t as sudo it has fixed one of the problems with it saying application now I just need to figure out how to shut down via gnome with out having to go in to terminal to power off the machine. -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5l

getting festival, and flite working with orca under ubuntu 12?

2012-04-09 Thread Hank Smith
Hello I installed flite, and festival speech synth, and uncommented the synths in my speech.conf file under /etc/speechdispatcher/speechd.conf how ever the 2 synths aren't showing up in the list. do I have to do anything else to get these to work with orca? Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedo

got gnome working 99 percent with ubuntu 12 instructions follow

2012-04-09 Thread Hank Smith
Hello I got gnome working with ubuntu 12 99 percent here is what I did. 1. log in to gnome no fx 2 hit alt f2 orca will not speak at this point 3 type in sudo gnome-terminal inter in password type orca -t go threw orca set up and answer prompts 4 log out here is where things get weird the log out

unity help with apps

2012-04-09 Thread Hank Smith
Hello when going threw the list of apps I go to windows key home apps hit enter I am only seeing a hand full of apps. there isn't much that I am able to see how do I get to the different catagories of apps? etc? I did the following: down arrow to the home button, right arrow to the applications

difference between gnome pannel and gnome session fallback?

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
hello what is the difference between gnome pannel and gnome session fall back? I never installed the gnome pannel just gnome session fall back, wonder if this is where my problems are happening? Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5leap.html http://www.tmiwireless.com/?aid=

gnome session fall back not speaking correctly in ubuntu 12

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
Hello I installed gnome session fall back selecte classic no effects it logs in okay goes to my desktop when I alt f1 to go to my apps orca doesn't speak anything same thing with alt f2 for the run command etc. something got broke some where below is the steps I followed exactly. Sudo apt-add-repo

finding apps in unity desktop?

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
Hello I looked at the keyboard shortcut list for unity desktop for http://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/what-are-unitys-keyboard-and-mouse-shortcuts I am still trying to figure out how to get to my apps. how do I do this? I am not understanding something. not sure if its yunity or what but I can'

gnome in ubuntu 12?

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
hello how do I also get gnome in ubuntu 12? do I have to install it manually? if so what do I do? want a fall back shell incase if I can't get around the unity desktop in 12.04 Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5leap.html http://www.tmiwireless.com/?aid=54868 http://www.t

question about editing conf in ubuntu

2012-04-08 Thread Hank Smith
hello is there a way in ubuntu 12.04 to edit config files with out having to go in to termonal? trying to edit my speech dispatcher.conf file and I don't want to do this in command line mode want to do this via gui. Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5leap.html http://www.

booting to ubuntu live cd in vmware and starting orca?

2012-04-07 Thread Hank Smith
Hello what is the process of booting ubuntu live cd 11.10 and starting orca in vmware work station? also once I get orca up how do I then install in vmware workstation? I am using windows 7 64 bit thanks bunches. Hank -- websites: http://www.fivedollarfreedomplan.com/hs5leap.html http://www.tmiw

Re: [orca-list] Making Ubuntu Software Center accessible

2010-02-18 Thread hank smith
o what distro can do the things you mentioned currently? - Original Message - From: "Peter Torpey" To: "'Bill Cox'" ; ; "'ubuntu'" Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [orca-list] Making Ubuntu Software Center accessible > It seems to me one of the big frustrations w