orca out of the box

[Aruni Sharma]

Hi, I have done the following and am using karmic without any hassles. 
in fact it's better than previous distros as far as responsiveness is 
concerned:
#apt-get install alsa-oss
#apt-get purge pulseaudio.
Thanks,
Aruni.

On 12/11/2009 12:49 PM, Isaac Porat wrote:
> 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 looking after audio
> in Canonical never considered the impact of this on the blind community.
> There is a bold statement about accessibility on Ubuntu's website but it
> seems to have no roots in reality at least with Karmic.
>
> Jaunty had at least a clean way to remove PulseAudio and in fact it is the
> first distro I can use as a blind person productively - thanks to all
> concerned.  Karmic is completely the other way - unusable.
>
> Yes I am aware of the various tweaks with limited effect and completely
> unworkable for the typical blind Windows or Mac user looking for an
> alternative.
>    http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuKarmic
> When Karmic was released I thought this problem  was a glitch, an oversight
> which will be sorted out; there are no visible sighnes of this yet, at least
> nothing that the blind community is aware of.
>
> Regards
> Isaac
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-accessibility-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-accessibility-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Arky
> Sent: 11 December 2009 05:30
> To: Josh; ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: orca out of the box
>
> 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| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org |
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>
>
>
> 	From: Josh<jkenn337 at gmail.com>
> 	To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> 	Sent: Fri, 11 December, 2009 6:40:12 AM
> 	Subject: orca out of the box
> 	
> 	
> 	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
> 	
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