Re: Ubuntu 24.04: installation succesfull with Orca

review which works well. success. Milton Op 06-05-2024 om 09:55 schreef Vojtech šmiro: Hello, how did you do that? My friend had problems with selecting disk and other sighted persons hat this problem too. Thanks. Best regards Vojta. Dne 06. 05. 24 v 9:45 milton napsal(a): Many many

Ubuntu 24.04: installation succesfull with Orca

Many many thanks to Ubuntu developers! I am very happy to be able installing Ubuntu 24.04 with the great help of Orca screenreader. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Alt+Super+S Not Working in ubuntu-23.04-desktop-amd64.iso

Hi Al, I downloaded 23.04-desktop-amd64.iso from www.releases.ubuntu.com and installed successful with the help of Orca. After the startup sound alt+super+S started Orca. Orca+H tells 44.0. Milton Op 12-06-2023 om 16:10 schreef Al Puzzuoli: Hi all, I’m experimenting with the various

at-spi2-core in Ubuntu 22.04

Hi, To obtain Orca master at-spi2core 2.48 is needed. The current version is 2.44. How can I get 2.48? Is it possible maintainers of Ubuntu 22.04 can provide in this? Thanks in advance. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https

how to set document viewer as default for pdf?

to the tab OPEN WITH and select in the list Document viewer. 3. tab to the button default and press Enter. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

wifi problem after update to

to start from kernel 5.15.x, when starting pressing Shift or Escape. Is it a known issue? Do we have to wait until another 5.19 kernel solves this problem? For users depending on speech to start from an earlier kernel is not accissible. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu

Re: (solved) in 22.04 not possible to launch a file through the Super key

Today I upgrade 20.04 to 22.04 on my Dell Latitude 6430 through Update manager. I am very happy and surprised to notice that I can launch any file by pressing Super key and type the name of that file and pressing Enter, just like in 20.04! Milton Op 05-05-2022 om 13:33 schreef milton: I did

Re: (solved) cannot add user in Ubuntu 22.04 Wayland unlike Xorg

After a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04.1 on a Dell Alianware, I7, 8GB RAM, I could add a new user without problems. Milton Op 28-06-2022 om 13:53 schreef milton: Hi, I use a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04, gnome 42 with Orca master. In Wayland I could not add another user through Settings

is it necessary to enable accessibility in Ubuntu?

Hi, On the Orca mailing list I read a thread about enabling accessibiity. I am little confused. Can you tell if it is essential to set 'export ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1' or is it like 'if it does not work it won't hurt'? Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility

Re: getting speakup to work in ubuntu

. Espeakup read a welcome message. Milton Op 12-07-2022 om 23:58 schreef Monica Ayhens-Madon: Thank you for the advice, Jude! David, were you able to get this working using Jude's tips? Monica Ayhens-Madon Ubuntu Community Representative, Canonical On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 1:31 PM Jude DaShiell

cannot add user in Ubuntu 22.04 Wayland unlike Xorg

ate with flat review to Add user and left click on it. In Wayland Orca then stops speaking while in Xorg I can type the name of a new user and Tab to the Add button. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubu

Re: Alt+Super+S in Ubuntu 22.04 blocks the sound after restart

Hi, Today I had the opportunity to upgrade a Lenovo ThinkPad 531 and Orca master from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. All went well. I have no issues, Alt+Super+S works as expected. So I think my problem is with Dell 5480 Touch. Milton Op 20-06-2022 om 13:18 schreef milton: Hi, I did a fresh

Alt+Super+S in Ubuntu 22.04 blocks the sound after restart

and Orca. But there is no sound at all. I press again Alt=Super+S to deactivate Orca and restart the laptop. Now I hear the system-ready-sound again. I press Alt+F2 and type 'orca' to start Orca. I wonder if this has to do with Ubuntu or with the Dell 5480? Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility

in 22.04 not possible to launch a file through the Super key

laptop? Thanks in advance. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

how to create a user account which reset after restart

that until Ubuntu 12.04 the command ofris-en did the job. Your help/advice is very appreciated. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: [orca-list] Update to Ubuntu 21.10: Accessibility (fwd)

by right clik and remove from Favorites. I use Firefox after installing the .deb package with sudo apt install firefox Milton Op 15-10-2021 om 23:21 schreef Jude DaShiell: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 16:35:23 From: Halim Sahin To: orca-l...@gnome.org

will the installer keep accessible?

Hi, As of less than 2 months before the release of Ubuntu 21.10 the installer seems not accessible with Orca screen reader, I worried about my current job. Will the installer be accessible with Orca in the LTS-version 22.04 as in 20.04? Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu

Re: monitor needed by ubuntu 20.04

Try to connect only a vga cable. Op 09-07-2021 om 19:10 schreef Daniel Crone: Using ubuntu 20.04, I find it needs a monitor. I know this because when starting once, forgetting to connect the monitor, ubuntu could not log in. Might one be able to run ubuntu 20.04 without any monitor? Using

Re: getting to the desktop

for an application or file. Typing shutdown can also be uesed to shutdown the computer. Alt+Control+Tab to navigate to the top panel or to the current window. In the top panel navigate with Arrow keys, you will find System where to connect with wifi, battery and shutdown. Milton Op 09-07-2021 om 18:58

Re: Perhaps good news

It will be great! Thanks for sharing. Milton Op 10-02-2021 om 12:31 schreef Vojtěch šmiro: Hello, I've sent the link about Flutter to the Telegram Ubuntu czech and Slovak list. One great man from Slovakia wrote to Flutter developers and they tested it with Orca and it would be accessible

Re: will installer in the future be accessible with speech?

Hopefully for the next LTS 22.04 the installer will be accessible with Orca I'll be happy to keep my job. Milton Op 07-02-2021 om 23:36 schreef Luke Yelavich: On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 09:25:26AM AEDT, Luke Yelavich wrote: On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 12:09:54AM AEDT, milton wrote: Hi, I heard

will installer in the future be accessible with speech?

Hi, I heard about flutter and future installer of Ubuntu. Hopefully the installer then will be like now accessible with Orca? If not I have to start looking for another job. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

some problems occur with kernel 5.8 in Ubuntu

is no options because I then need sighted help. Any idea to solve those problems? Thanks in advance. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

after updating Ubuntu 20.04.1 sound is lost

. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: ubuntu software center

Yes indeed, I also like to know how to get the handy categories back. Milton Op 08-06-2020 om 03:17 schreef Daniel Crone: When trying ubuntu 20.4 I noticed that the ubuntu software program where programs are downloaded were in handy categories. But later today it is now a preview page

Re: using dd writing iso file to usb drive

. Milton Op 09-05-2020 om 11:00 schreef Daniel Crone: When writing an image file to a usb drive, first I changed to the directory where the file was, and then I was typing the dd command in this form. sudo dd if=filename.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=4M conv=sync The file name was long, so after the first

Re: maybe off topic but how do I setup orca on a flash drive

Hi, After dowloading the .iso file and checking the md5sum I simply do the following: 1. insert the memory stick. 2. in a terminal type: usb-creator-gtk Note: you can press Tab after typing 'usb-c' 3. press Enter. 4. follow the steps on the screen. Success.\Milton Op 07-05-2020 om 22

Re: Ubuntu 20.04

minutes. After this process is ready and no errors found I then hear the welcome sound. So then I start Orca. Milton Op 05-05-2020 om 14:56 schreef Daniel Crone: Hello everyone. I am using Ubuntu 2020 with a Dell. When installing Ubuntu mate 2020.04 yesterday, I pressed f 12 to get

Re: starting to learn Ubuntu as a second os. have some accessibility questions.

Hi, I have no problems installing Ubuntu 20.04 with the great help of Orca but I have no experience installing from a dvd or in a virtual machine. I am happy with: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/index.html.en

Re: Please forward, and thanks so much (fwd)

I think maybe he has gnome in stead of unity, he can heck it out in the terminal, type: echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP Op 11-03-2020 om 17:52 schreef Jude DaShiell: I'm doing what I can to help Ray out with this. Apparently his version of ubuntu removed the gnome-classic option which is why he's

Re: ubuntu version query

You can se the version of Ubuntu in the terminal, type: lsb_release -a Op 11-03-2020 om 17:40 schreef Jude DaShiell: A friend has in /etc/debian_version buster-sid. What version of ubuntu has he got on his computer? -- -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

Re: Screen Reader's Speech Rate

inal and change to the orca folder: cd orca So now you just type: git pull and press Enter If there are updates you have to execute the next 3 commands: PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3.7 ./autogen.sh make sudo make install Success, Milton Op 09-12-2019 om 13:08 schreef vladdragomir1...@gmail

Re: Screen Reader's Speech Rate

Hi Vlad, For my daily work I use Ubuntu 18.04 but just out of curiousity I tried 19.10 and I met with the same problem as you described. So I installed Orca master and Orca is doing well. Milton Op 09-12-2019 om 11:15 schreef vladdragomir1...@gmail.com: Greetings everyone, First I'd like

Re: accessible login

. 3. Press the Spacebar to open the combobox. 4. Arrow-Down to land on the first option which should be Mate. 5. Press the Spacebar to select this option. 6. Press Tab to land on the Sign Inn button and press Enter. After login press Super+Alt+S to start Orca. Success. Milton Op 06-07-19 om 22

how can I create a shortcut key in keyboard setting?

Hi, I use Ubuntu 18.04 with Orca master. I want to set a shortcut key to run a shell script. Sighted users tell me there is in keyboard setting a 'plus sign' to click on for this task. However the 'plus sign' is not visible for Orca. Do you know another way? Thanks in advance. Milton

Re: Putting iso on to usb stick

For this task I use the terminal with usb-creator-gtk Milton Op 24-08-18 om 22:46 schreef Daniel Crone: After starting disk image, and telling it to burn an ubuntu iso on to a stick, orca is quiet, and it seems I cannot do anything. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu

Re: 18.04 no log in as guest

Indeed, I also noticed it. I can create an account for Guest but do anyone know how to login without a password? Milton Op 21-08-18 om 06:27 schreef Daniel Crone: Anyone else notice that ubuntu 18.04 has no log in as guest? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Full Screen Magnifier for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Hi, If you use Ubuntu 18.04 check for zoom: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/a11y-mag.html.en alt+super+= zoom out alt+super+- zoom in Alt+Super+8 toggle zoom Success. Milton Op 15-07-18 om 02:15 schreef Harry Staley: Good evening; I have been using the Compiz tools and am

Re: Ubuntu tutorial

Hi, You can Tab to 'Menu overview' and arrow down in this list. Press Enter on a subject and toggle to browse mode with Orca-key+a. You can go to the top of the page with Control+Home and start reading. Milton Op 31-05-18 om 16:46 schreef Daniel Crone: Here is a link to a tutorial from

Re: where is the sound of the drums during install and login screen?

to the Close button and press Enter. Success. Milton Op 23-05-18 om 11:23 schreef Alex ARNAUD: Hello Milton, I'm also interested in this sound. Could you tell us how to make it working? When I use the command you give us I obtain the following error: Failed to play sound: File or data not found Do y

Re: where is the sound of the drums during install and login screen?

Hi Glenn, If you mean the welcom sound of Ubuntu then you can set this in Startup application with the command: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play --id="desktop-login" --description="GNOME Login" Milton Op 21-05-18 om 16:33 schreef Ervin, Glenn: Hi, Along with this, I have had

where is the sound of the drums during install and login screen?

once more Super+Alt+S to start Orca. Now I am fine running 18.04 with Orca 3.28.0 Many thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: orca not speaking at the login screan

in the Ubuntu menu in the top right corner of the screen. If I remember right press Alt_F10 then richt arrow once and up arrow once, then press Enter. Milton Op 05-02-18 om 03:13 schreef daniel wolak:        Good morning, I'm just attempting to figure out what's going on with this. I'm using

Re: Sonar GNU Linux merges with Vinux

Hi Rob, Great news! Will Vinux 7 based on Fedora and when will the release be planned? Milton Op 15-03-17 om 12:53 schreef Rob Whyte: Hi Werwoelfchen, It is our hope to complete our Ubuntu 16.04.2 release of Vinux 6 and support that whilst we work on a Fedora release. Hope this addresses

Re: is s peech possible in in Kodi 17.0?

Hi Peter, Many many many thanks! This enables me in my job to help sighted people. Milton Op 13-02-17 om 11:24 schreef Peter Vágner: Hello, Yes, this is possible but there is an additional step needed to enable the addon since Kodi 17. Assumed you have done all that Kyle has recommended i.e

is s peech possible in in Kodi 17.0?

.kodi/addons unzip ~/service.xbmc.tts-1.0.6.zip cd After I launch Kodi 17.0 I have no speech. Did I miss something? Thanks in advance. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Alt+ Super+S Not working on Most Versions of Live CD

Hi, I cannot confirm because I already did several installation with 16.04.1 and Orca. Milton Op 04-11-16 om 16:08 schreef Al Puzzuoli: Hello, I'm finding that I am unable to start Orca on most versions of the Ubuntu Live CD. After I hear the Tom Tom sound, I press alt+super+S, and nothing

Re: Ubuntu 16.04.1, no orca

Hi, I succesfully installed 16.04.1 with the help of Orca. Alt F10 takes you to the menubar in the upper right corner of the screen and alt F1 takes you to the Starter. Milton Op 26-10-16 om 01:59 schreef Daniel Crone: I have ubuntu on a stick, and ran it. Once I installed on a computer

Re: {Spam?} making an ISO image

Indeed, the entire usb-drive is selected. Milton Op 06-08-16 om 21:17 schreef Glenn / Lenny: Hi Milton, With that command, it brings up the program, and I can select the USB drive in question, but the only options are other..., which seems to be for adding more file types, and the other option

Re: {Spam?} making an ISO image

Hi, Maybe this will be of help: in Ubuntu 16.04 I type in a terminal after the flash drive is inserted: usb-creator-gtk Milton Op 06-08-16 om 19:01 schreef Glenn / Lenny: Hi, I have been trying several different programs including the DD command, and either the program seems inaccessible

LIOS in Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit

Hi, I installed LIOS with sudo apt-get install lios in Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit with Orca 3.20.1 With F8 and F9 for scanning I got no results, even when I went to the menubar with Alt_F10 and pressing the options for scanning and scan and read. Do I miss something for LIOS to work? Thanks. Milton

how to burn data on a cd with Orca

Hi List, I tried in Brasero to burn data on a cd with the help of Orca in Ubuntu 14.04 Orca 3.18.1 I could select files but Orca keeps quiet. Do you know what to do best? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 with Ubuntu Mate is it possible?

Oh yes it is indeed there. I was looking for another menu because my system is not in English. Milton Op 06-05-16 om 14:18 schreef Christopher Chaltain: I haven't been following this thread, so I'm not sure if this will be helpful or not, but use alt+f1 and then left arrow and down arrow

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 with Ubuntu Mate is it possible?

I did but Orca says nothing while hitting left arrow. I use a laptop, does it make any sense? Milton Op 05-05-16 om 15:46 schreef Jude DaShiell: Try control-shift-tab then hit leftarrow a few times and see what happens. On Thu, 5 May 2016, Milton wrote: Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 09:30:58 From

Re: Ubuntu 16.04 with Ubuntu Mate is it possible?

. I login with Mate and have Orca running. I cannot access the applet menubar in the upper right corner of the screen to connect with wifi. I can get to the botom bar with Control+Alt_Escape. Alt+F1 takes me to the upperleft with applications, Location and System. Thanks. Milton Op 05-05-16 om 10

Ubuntu 16.04 with Ubuntu Mate is it possible?

Hi List, Is it possible to have Ubuntu Mate in Ubuntu 16.04 such as GNOME Metacity? If yes, how can I do this? I installed GNOME Metacity with: sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback and press the session button before login to choose for GNOME Metacity. Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu

installing 16.04 with Orca LibreOffice Calc stops working

time I can work further with Orca using other applications. I will wait for updates to have the best of Orca and 16.04. Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: orca won't start on 16.04

Press Alt+super+S I just installed 16.04 successfully with the help of Orca. Milton Op 22-04-16 om 19:51 schreef chad baker: Hi just burned 16.04 to disk and orca won’t start when doing control s Did things change? thanks -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility

Re: {Spam?} Re: will speech be possible with BQ Aquaris M10 convergence?

Many thanks for your answer. Hopefully it will be once accessible with speech. Milton Op 01-04-16 om 04:10 schreef Luke Yelavich: On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 10:20:33AM AEDT, Nolan Darilek wrote: I feel like the OP's question is a bit different. My understanding of these devices

will speech be possible with BQ Aquaris M10 convergence?

Hi, Now the BQ Aquaris M10 convergence with Ubuntu 15.04 is out will Orca works when connecting it to a keyboard and screen? Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Ubuntu phones and accessibility for the blind

Yes, I prefer an Ubuntu phone and convergence accessible with speech. Milton Op 01-03-16 om 05:12 schreef Michael Pozhidaev: Hi guys, A lot of rumors appears around the Ubuntu phone, what is very great news in itself. I'm just wondering is there any work to make this phone accessible

Re: blurry view with magnification in Gnome

Many thanks for clarification. Milton Op 12-12-15 om 02:02 schreef Alex ARNAUD: On 07/12/2015 15:10, Milton wrote: Yes, I have a sighted person to test and he found it blurry at the level of one line fits on the screen. So I will have some visually impaired test and wait on their experiences

Re: blurry view with magnification in Gnome

d wait on their experiences. In ubuntu 15.10 I got gnome-shell 3.16. Will the video card and the screen have something to do with the blurry view? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: {Spam?} Re: blurry view with magnification in Gnome

on their experiences. In ubuntu 15.10 I got gnome-shell 3.16. Will the video card and the screen have something to do with the blurry view? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: blurry view with magnification in Gnome

through the shortcut keys in Systemsettings > Keyboardsetting. So I did not check the magnification in the compizconfig-setting-manager. Milton Op 30-11-15 om 05:35 schreef Alex ARNAUD: On 29/11/2015 19:24, Milton wrote: Hi List, Hi Milton I use Ubuntu 14.04.3 with Orca 3.18 and instal

blurry view with magnification in Gnome

. The view is blurry. Did I miss something? Do you have tips for me? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: magnification in Ubuntu 15.10?

Is Xubuntu accessible with Orca? Milton Op 23-11-15 om 00:36 schreef blind Pete: Milton wrote: Hi List, I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 to try magnification. I installed compizconfig-settings-manager and compiz-plugins. I notice that Enhanced Zoom Desktop is enabled by default. I

Re: Re: magnification in Ubuntu 15.10?

nothing. Milton Op 21-11-15 om 14:57 schreef Alex ARNAUD: On 21/11/2015 14:17, Milton wrote: Hi List, Hi I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 to try magnification. I installed compizconfig-settings-manager and compiz-plugins. I notice that Enhanced Zoom Desktop is enabled by default. I

Re: {Spam?} Re: magnification in Ubuntu 15.10?

Hi Alex, For adding a new short key I have to type the command for the negative view to start or to stop. What command do you use? Even it is in French maybe I can recognise some. Thanks. Milton Op 21-11-15 om 17:50 schreef Alex ARNAUD: On 21/11/2015 17:43, Milton wrote: Hi Alex, I

magnification in Ubuntu 15.10?

with magnification while in Gnome-shell it works. But in Gnome-shell negative view is not working after I checked this function. Do you have some tips? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

Re: magnification in Ubuntu 15.10?

Many thanks Alex, it works! Milton Op 21-11-15 om 19:37 schreef Alex ARNAUD: On 21/11/2015 18:07, Milton wrote: Hi Alex, For adding a new short key I have to type the command for the negative view to start or to stop. What command do you use? Even it is in French maybe I can recognise some

Re: Ubuntu 15.10 dvd and Orca

Hi List, It seems that Orca is indeed working during installation. I could not hear Orca speaking so with the help of a sighted person I install 15.10 and after reboot Orca came up talking in the login screen and also after login. Milton Op 12-11-15 om 14:54 schreef Milton: Hi List, I

Ubuntu 15.10 dvd and Orca

not included or do I miss something. Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: 14.04 logon screen: Orca starts up and immediately shuts down

Hi, It happens to me sometimes. I run 14.04.3 with Orca 3.18. I then restart Orca by pressing twice Control and S. Milton Op 12-10-15 om 12:21 schreef Nick Wood: Hi all, I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 (32-bit) and have Orca set to start automatically at the logon screen, but I'm getting some weird

restore a bakcup in 14.04.3 with Orca

out and find me in the login screen. What could be wrong and how can I solve this? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

how can I get a beep sound when GRUB appears

So I did uncomment the line and ran update-grub. But still no beep. Do I miss something? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: how can I get a beep sound when GRUB appears

Many thanks Kyle! I've got the beep now. Milton Op 17-09-15 om 18:34 schreef Kyle: One thing you may possibly need to do once you uncomment that line is to run sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg If this still produces no beep, then it's likely that your device is incapable of beeping

Re: working with magnification

Thank you for some clarification. I found: http://www.hamradioandvision.com/compiz-magnification-in-ubuntu/ ccsm is not fully accessible with Orca. But we are one step further. Milton Op 18-07-15 om 06:51 schreef blind Pete: Milton wrote: Hi blind Pete, I could not get further because I do

Re: working with magnification

Thank you Luke for the information. It gives me hope for my projects using the LTS 16.04. For now I have to figure out about the Compiz settings for to try out. Do you mean Compiz with the GNOME shell?magnifier Milton Op 17-07-15 om 00:45 schreef Luke Yelavich: On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:49

Re: working with magnification

Hi blind Pete, I could not get further because I do not know what buttons are button1, button2 etc. Can you or somebody tell me if I set Zoom-inn to button4 what button that is on my keyboard and also for button5? Thanks in advance. Milton Op 17-07-15 om 06:07 schreef blind Pete: Milton wrote

Re: working with magnification

I tried virtual Magnifyer Glass in GNOME Metacity. So my friend has to judge by himself if it is good enough. Last year I tried Compiz but I could not put the settings right. Milton Op 16-07-15 om 09:23 schreef blind Pete: Milton wrote: A question for helping out a friend: can you recommand

working with magnification

A question for helping out a friend: can you recommand a system to work with magnification? Thanks in advance. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

is Ubuntu accessible on the raspberry pi?

Hello everybody, I'm wondering if Ubuntu is accessible with Orca on the raspberry pi? Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

solved: how to get Orca to speak in lightdm

Hi all, Thanks to Rob for helping me out and also thanks to B.H. I'm an end user and happy to learn by the instructions I get. Milton Op 30-04-15 om 10:50 schreef Rob Whyte: Hi, You can make sure your /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf looks like this: [SeatDefaults] greeter-session=unity-greeter

Re: how to get Orca to speak in lightdm

to use her account I then change for another user in de system menu. Milton Op 28-04-15 om 10:13 schreef B. Henry: I almost nevr install via the software center, so do not know commands for checking dependencies from there. I'd make sure that I removed the extra packages . In a terminal

Re: how to get Orca to speak in lightdm

In lightdm I use ctrl_S to start Orca to speak. But now it won't work. a sighted person told me that there is only one account shown in the login screen. so I think it is not lightdm. In the software Centre I delete the Lubuntu-desktop but I still stay with another dm. Milton Op 28-04-15 om

how to get Orca to speak in lightdm

tell me how to get Orca to speak again in the login screen? Thank you. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

LibreOffice 4.2.7.2 in Trusty crashes

Hi all, I notice today LibreOffice Calc in Ubuntu Trusty constantly creashes. I work with Orca 3.14.3. What could be wrong or is it only on my laptop? Thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu

reading mail in Thunderbird with Orca in Trusty

Hi all, I use Ubuntu Trusty with Orca. I notice that reading mails in Thunderbird 31.0 with the arrow keys Orca does not find all text. Sometimes I then use the letters h, o or p with succes within the incoming mail. Pressing f7 gives no result. Any idea? thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu

backup app is very well accissible with Orca in Trusty

Hi, I 'm very sorry for my prior message about the backup app in Trusty not being accessible well with Orca. I navigate with the down arrow key and all tabs are spoken well by Orca. Many thanks. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https

backup app and Orca in Trusty

Hi, In Ubuntu 12.04, Unity 2D the backup app did very well with Orca. In Trusty I can work with the flat review but the tabs are all spoken by Orca as PLANNING. Maybe a question of labeling? Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: gnome desktop in 14.04 inaccessible?

applet where I can shutdown the machine. I do this by pressing the power button and then a dialog box appear to shutdown the machine. I also did: sudo apt-get install gnome-shell and this is quite accessible with Orca. Milton Op 23-08-14 om 19:23 schreef Tony Bernedal: Hi I installed ubuntu gnome

Re: ubuntu gnome 14.04 question

I thank you so much. Milton Op 21-08-14 om 06:33 schreef Luke Yelavich: On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 04:50:46PM AEST, Milton wrote: I'm actually helping sighted people to install Ubuntu on their devices. sometimes I met with laptops which have no super key. How can I start Orca in that case? Tanks

Re: ubuntu gnome 14.04 question

I'm actually helping sighted people to install Ubuntu on their devices. sometimes I met with laptops which have no super key. How can I start Orca in that case? Tanks. Milton Op 20-08-14 om 06:29 schreef Luke Yelavich: On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:15:04PM AEST, Jeremy Lincicome wrote: Chad

Re: indicator applet of gnome-session-flashback is not accessible with Orca

option into applications System it will be great. Milton Op 13-08-14 om 01:01 schreef Luke Yelavich: On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:42:36PM AEST, Milton wrote: Dear developers, Because the Dash is not accessible with Orca in Trusty Unity I tried the gnome-session-metacity after installing: sudo

indicator applet of gnome-session-flashback is not accessible with Orca

menubar. Is it possible to move the indicator applet to the bottom menubar? If so, how can I do this? Another question: using gnome-session-metacity I get to the application and location menu by Alt_F1 but on another desktop Alt_F1 had no results. Is there a setting to check out? Milton I notice

will the Dash be accessible for Orca in Trusty?

Hi developers, Can you tell me if the Dash will be accessible with Orca in Trusty in the near future? It is good to know if this will hapen or maybe for the next LTS version? Thanks for your hard work. Milton -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https

Re: will the Dash be accessible for Orca in Trusty?

I'm helping sighted people with using Ubuntu and Unity so it will be of great help if the Dash is accessible with Orca for me. for the record, I'm using speech only. Milton Op 11-08-14 om 10:55 schreef Krishnakant Mane: Making dash accessible should not be a hard work if it is not done so far

Re: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04

Hi Nick, Yes, this is a known issue. When this happens on my machine Ipress Alt_F2 and type killall speech-dispatcher then press enter. But last week I did a fresh install on my laptop of 14.04 and so far I did not met with this problem. Milton op 25-06-14 17:44, Nick Wood schreef: Hi all

Re: [orca-list] Orca does not start automatically in Ubuntu 14.04

Yes, I also log out the regular way. I have this problem on my desktop mcahine but on my laptop everything is fine. So I will do another fresh install on my desktop. Milton op 31-05-14 00:31, cov...@ccs.covici.com schreef: hmmm, did you try logging out the regular way instead? I am

  1   2   >