From tony.sales at rncb.ac.uk Wed Dec 8 23:03:06 2010 From: tony.sales at rncb.ac.uk (Anthony Sales) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:03:06 +0000 Subject: Vinux 3.1 Released Message-ID: I am pleased to announce that Vinux 3.1 (Based on Ubuntu 10.10) is now ready for download from the Vinux mirrors! It is currently available as a CD or DVD in both 32 and 64bit versions (USB and Virtual versions will follow shortly). It has been a long time coming, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. On top of all the usual accessibility software, new features include a Quick Start Guide for beginners (Ctrl+Alt+Q), Autokey-GTK which can insert text automatically as you type based on pre-defined abbreviation, the Parcellite Clipboard Manager which allows you paste text from the clipboard history, X-Tile which allows you to tile windows automatically, Gnome Media Player as an accessible front-end to VLC, Conkeror a keyboard controlled Web Browser, Pidgin the Internet Messenger (with all the plugins) and Gufw a simple but effective Firewall Manager. For more detailed information checkout the full announcement on the Vinux Development Blog! You can get a copy of Vinux 3.1 from http://vinux.org.uk/downloads ! drbongo From tony.sales at rncb.ac.uk Wed Dec 8 23:08:08 2010 From: tony.sales at rncb.ac.uk (Anthony Sales) Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:08:08 +0000 Subject: Vinux 3.1 Released Message-ID: Sorry link was incomplete - http://vinux.org.uk/downloads.html From pstowe at gmail.com Thu Dec 9 14:28:30 2010 From: pstowe at gmail.com (Penelope Stowe) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:28:30 -0500 Subject: Fwd: Accessibility DevRoom fosdem 2011 CfP In-Reply-To: <67922E79-5139-4575-ACCA-A4D010A0905A@Oracle.com> References: <67922E79-5139-4575-ACCA-A4D010A0905A@Oracle.com> Message-ID: For those who hadn't seen the earlier discussions on this, there will be an Accessibility DevRoom at FOSDEM this year. I think it would be wonderful if we could get at least one talk on Ubuntu accessibility at least submitted, if not accepted. Please see the Call for Papers below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Louis Suárez-Potts Date: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:58 AM Subject: Accessibility DevRoom fosdem 2011 CfP To: FOSDEM visitors Cc: gnome-accessibility-list at gnome.org Hi All, **Call for talks for the accessibility DevRoom at fosdem 2011** — http://fosdem.org/2011/ –  6 February 2011, 09:00 to 17:00, Brussels, Belgium — We will be holding an Accessibility DevRoom at fosdem 2011 [0] and are requesting abstracts  for structured presentations now. Important information, dates:        • Submission deadline for abstracts: 2010-12-31        • Notification of accepted speakers: 2011-01-10        • Final schedule: 2011-01-12        • Get together: 2011-02-05 **About this DevRoom** Designing software so that it is accessible to and usable by people with disabilities has been a significant theme in software user interface development over the last few decades.  Recent national and supra-national regulations, laws, and treaties - such as the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities - have only emphasized this work.  There have been numerous significant accessibility achievements in Free/Libre and Open Source Software. These include work in accessibility frameworks and user interface toolkits, in accessible applications, in developer and authoring tools, and in the development and use of assistive technologies by people with disabilities. The focus of this DevRoom is to both demonstrate the breadth and scope of accessibility technologies in open source software, and to provide developers with the opportunity to collaborate - across desktops and applications and assistive technologies. We invite you to submit talks on these topics:        • Inclusive design: state of the art        • Specific problems in mobile devices        • Document accessibility        • Assistive Technologies & building blocks for same        • Accessibility in user interface toolkits (Qt, JavaScript UI libraries, …)        • Accessibility support in developer tools ** Your submission must include:**        * Your name        * The title of your talk        * A short abstract of one to two paragraphs (150 words, max.)        * A short biography        * Links to related websites/blogs etc. * * * Send the abstracts (and ultimately presentations) to: accessibility-devroom at lists.fosdem.org * * * (For now, it's a moderated list and at this point, mostly a bucket for submissions. if there is sufficient interest, all that will change, or we can add more lists, if that's needed. ) Presentations are to be formal and not longer than 45 minutes, plus 15 extra for questions. Panels with more than one speaker are possible, as are shorter presentations of 20 minutes, though the preference is for the longer format. Indeed, it's entirely possible that there will be some creative compromises…. The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2010. The proposals will be considered by a committee of peers. If your proposal has been accepted, you will be informed by email by 10 January 2011. Please be so kind as to forward this call for abstracts and papers to any and all relevant lists, sites, people. We hope to see you at fosdem 2011! - Louis Suarez-Potts OpenOffice.org Oracle [0] http://fosdem.org/2011/ [1] http://lists.fosdem.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-devroom _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list at gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list From hammera at pickup.hu Sun Dec 12 07:32:36 2010 From: hammera at pickup.hu (Hammer Attila) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 08:32:36 +0100 Subject: Thunderbird 3.1.7 upgrade related problem Message-ID: <4D047A94.2090300@pickup.hu> Dear List, This day morning in Lucid security unfortunately original Thunderbird version is upgraded with 3.1.7 release. With Orca 2.30 version this change resulting very slow list navigation with mail folders, similar with Maverick original Orca 2.32 version if an inbox folder have relative lot of messages. If a folder have lot of messages, for example the focusing, navigation operations is very slow after upgrade. Another problem: if I choosing an email message, unable to read the message body without not try jumping the caret with Tab or Shift+Tab key. I not using present messages with new tab option. See following bug, with partialy fixed the slowest list navigation problem under Orca: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633104 I absolute agree the security upgrades is very important, but this change now kill Thunderbird accessibility. Prewious oldest awailable Thunderbird version is works fine with Lucid before this upgrade. I known, Mozilla changed the products supporting model. But if now happened this problem, what will be happening for example with Firefox 4 upgrade? Before I do upgrade, I forgot hold Thunderbird related packages (thunderbird, thunderbird-gnome-support, thunderbird-locale-en, thunderbird-locale-hu). What place I possible download this latest 3.0.x awailable packages source to undo this upgrade? Or this is not possible, what will be happening for example the Lucid LTS release to we get back Thunderbird accessibility support? Attila From jdashiel at shellworld.net Sun Dec 12 07:54:30 2010 From: jdashiel at shellworld.net (Jude DaShiell) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 02:54:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: any better thunderbird alternatives? Message-ID: Thunderbird with version upgrades tends to have its share of problems and needs more upgrading since it is apparently so popular that it has become a target for the malware provider community. At a certain point in such a scenario, it might make sense to start looking at other replacement applications for accessibility and features as well as frequency of security updates and whether the application remains under active development and support. How does balsa come out along these lines? Ultimately, it may be useful for those with blogging capabilities to try different software alternatives and to write up their ratings with accessibility being one of those ratings and describe what accessibility components were used as applications were being tested. I can do some of this but won't be able to devote as much time as I'd like since time for now is taken up by employment. From hammera at pickup.hu Sun Dec 12 09:32:42 2010 From: hammera at pickup.hu (Hammer Attila) Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:32:42 +0100 Subject: Thunderbird 3.1.7 upgrade related problem In-Reply-To: <4D047A94.2090300@pickup.hu> References: <4D047A94.2090300@pickup.hu> Message-ID: <4D0496BA.8070303@pickup.hu> Dear List, I reported detailed my prewious wrote problem with a bugreport with thunderbird package. If anybody want, feel free wrote Thunderbird 3.1 experiences and accessibility related problems, the resulted slowest mail folder list navigation problem I wrote. If anybody want, please confirming my bugreport, now I doed this bugreport with Lucid related. The link is following: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/689193 I wrote a fix suggestion with need packaging latest awailable Thunderbird 3.0.10 package with an alternative name with compatibility purpose, if anybody want keep this latest 3.0 series version, have possibility to choose this compatibility package if absolute known the newest upstream release for example not compatible right with the distribution branch awailable Orca version. But I think packagers not choosing this fix method, because resulting more redundant work. Luke, I don't no how can possible handling in future this Mozilla products upstream version change related accessibility related bugs, because for example in future the Firefox version is perhaps upgrading with 4.0.x release, but Orca version is not rolling this change and possible some basic features will be not working right. For example when I tryed Firefox 4.x beta, when I using the backspace key, not spokened the deleted characters, this bug is reported with Orca development version but not fixed yet. Absolute sure 2.30 Orca version will be producing this issue if this upgrade will be happening, I think 2.32 Orca version too. I founded now the Thunderbird 3.0.10 release and building local my machine, but always for example we need doing local build the oldest release if happening a main upstream version upgrade and for example this change killed the Mozilla product accessibility, for example with Thunderbird? How can possible handling this accessibility related situation with an LTS release with need supporting three years? I known, more people using Mozilla products without need accessibility support and always need the security upgrades (perhaps main upstream version changing upgrades too), but now not have "safe" possibility to prewent this upgrade if anybody using Mozilla products with accessibility support. Dpkg-hold is not good, because if holded the package, not get security support for example the actual supported thunderbird package until 3.0.x version is supported. Only a known date not possible doing dpkg-hold command for example with thunderbird package, because we not known when will be happening for example the thunderbird main version upgrade with 3.0.10 to 3.1.7 release, only surprising when this main upstream upgrade is happened. :-(:-( Of course this is not your mistake, not Canonical mistake, Mozilla changed the supporting modell, but need handling this unvanted situation if possible in future to minimize this supporting model related accessibility problems. Attila From ka1cey at gmail.com Tue Dec 14 22:52:43 2010 From: ka1cey at gmail.com (Dave Hunt) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:52:43 -0500 Subject: Fwd: [VINUX-SUPPORT] Vinux 3.1 Virtual Edition now released! References: <4D07E39D.9010109@gmail.com> Message-ID: <5A26C49D-AC6C-4CDF-B0F8-175F95FF7519@gmail.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: Mobeen Iqbal > Date: December 14, 2010 4:37:33 PM EST > To: vinux-support at googlegroups.com > Subject: [VINUX-SUPPORT] Vinux 3.1 Virtual Edition now released! > Reply-To: vinux-support at googlegroups.com > > I am pleased to announce the release of Vinux 3.1 Virtual Edition. Apart from the functionality and bug fixes offered in the latest Vinux release, the following improvements were made to the Virtual edition it self: > > * Vinux 3.1 was built using the latest version of VMWare player, a copy of which is included. The new version offers people the ability among other things to automatically install VMWare tools in to Vinux, a feature not previously seen when using VMWare products on Ubuntu. This is only required if the user wishes to make their own Virtual machine, the tools are already installed and fully functional for this release. > * A file was added to fix volume issues. "fix mixer issues.bat" was included in the VMWare files folder. when run, this file insures the volume of vinux is the same as the volume of the host operating system, though by default the volume was set to high so most users won't need to use this. > * The volume keys were changed from control alt arrows to win alt arrows. This means that windows key alt and right arrow will make the volume higher, windows+alt+left arrow will lower the volume etc. > * Documentation was updated to reflect version number changes and to correct errors. > > Please also spread the word on other lists as i'm not a member of all of them. a version for any operating system will follow shortly, the windows version has been released as a priority. > > Any feedback greatly apreciated! > > It is now available for download from the following links. > > http://vinuxvirtual.org.uk/Downloads/Vinux-3.1-Virtual-Edition.exe > > http://vinuxvirtual.org.uk/Downloads/Vinux-3.1-Virtual-Edition.exe.md5.txt > > Mirrors: > > http://www.QuantumMyst.com/Vinux-3.1-Virtual-Edition.exe > > http://www.QuantumMyst.com/Vinux-3.1-Virtual-Edition.md5.txt > > http://sina.fi.ncsu.edu/Vinux-3.1-Virtual-Edition.exe > > http://sina.fi.ncsu.edu/Vinux-3.1-Virtual-Edition.md5.txt > > Mo. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Vinux Support Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to vinux-support at googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vinux-support+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vinux-support?hl=en. > > Vinux Home Page: http://vinux.org.uk/ > Vinux Wiki Documentation:http://wiki.vinuxvirtual.org.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I really would like to see such a project, as a part of and reporting to accessibility, succeed and be something we could 'bolt on' to lubuntu. Whilst our developers time is short and precious, I do honestly believe that with help from other teams we could attain it. Please let me know you thoughts, from both teams. Regards, Phill. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k.dejong at undifined.nl Fri Dec 17 21:18:20 2010 From: k.dejong at undifined.nl (K.de Jong) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:18:20 +0100 Subject: first Speech Control Team meeting Message-ID: Hello everyone, I ant to announce that tonight at 23.00 UTC we will have our first meeting, For accessibility this may well be a turning point as we have a lot of good people from the known programs together! Our meeting is to be held in our temporary channel irc:// freenode.net/##speechcontrol http://webchat.freenode.net/ channel ##speechcontrol pre-meeting notes: http://openetherpad.org/tGnASiT5le meeting time: http://tinyurl.com/2bccy5s For more information about our team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpeechControl https://launchpad.net/~speechcontrolteam If you would like to join us in our efforts, feel free to drop in. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Keimpe de Jong (UndiFineD) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mj at mjw.se Sat Dec 18 21:50:12 2010 From: mj at mjw.se (mattias) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:50:12 +0100 Subject: ipod Message-ID: <7D59A9F1B4C1456AB1F7FA2E26DA0D6C@mjDator> Any blind users here If so Have you completely switch to linux? If so How do you manage your ipod? I meen the newer ipod nano have tts support -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From burt1iband at gmail.com Sun Dec 19 01:39:21 2010 From: burt1iband at gmail.com (Burt Henry) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:39:21 -0600 (CST) Subject: ipod In-Reply-To: <7D59A9F1B4C1456AB1F7FA2E26DA0D6C@mjDator> References: <7D59A9F1B4C1456AB1F7FA2E26DA0D6C@mjDator> Message-ID: There is a program for this, and it was mentioned on this list a few weeks ago, but I don't have an Ipod, so did not pay attention to the name. I think I saw it when browsing g the synaptic package manager. On Sat, 18 Dec 2010, mattias wrote: > > Any blind users here > > If so > > Have you completely switch to linux? > > If so > > How do you manage your ipod? > > I meen the newer ipod nano have tts support > >   > > > From phillw at phillw.net Sun Dec 19 02:42:27 2010 From: phillw at phillw.net (Phill Whiteside) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:42:27 +0000 Subject: deletion of attachments In-Reply-To: <1292680944.1710.64.camel@panther> References: <1292368762.1848.44.camel@panther> <1292680944.1710.64.camel@panther> Message-ID: Hiyas, oh, you will be so sorry for saying that. As a part of the Accessibility project, I cannot select nor alter the font size on the wiki pages. A case in hand is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpeechControl, whilst I would seek a long term goal of putting on the control flags as per http://forum.phillw.net/index.php whereby the 'A' has an up and down arrow to increase / decrease font size, it is only a case of copying over the CSS file and altering the font size. (I know, I was asked to make my large font LARGE). Whilst they are thinking of that could you ask if we could have a define of font / font size? Thanks, Phill. P.S. May I also wish you a and your family a Very Merry Christmas, and a Great 2011. On 18 December 2010 14:02, Phil Bull wrote: > Hi Phill, > > On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 02:58 +0000, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > well as it happened can you raise a bug report? They are much more > > likely to listen to you than a mere mortal like myself. :D > > Oh, and I have another potential kidnap victim for wiki - > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris He got his UBT membership earlier. > > As his comment was http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/tvapf7K4 and he has > > already passed the demanding task of cproffit accepting his formating, > > I think he is one to keep an eye on as we transfer the Lubutu support > > pages over and re-format them. > > I raised a bug report here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/691900 > > Great news that Jared is helping out! As usual, let me know if you guys > need a hand with anything. > > Thanks, > > Phil > -- > Phil Bull > https://launchpad.net/~philbull > Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From esj at harvee.org Sun Dec 19 07:21:57 2010 From: esj at harvee.org (Eric S. Johansson) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:21:57 -0500 Subject: OCR of mathematical equations Message-ID: <4D0DB295.20600@harvee.org> Are there any OCR systems which will transcribe the standard mathematical equations found in algebra textbooks? The goal is to OCR text book, proofread it, and then produce a braille copy. Thanks --- eric From alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com Sun Dec 19 09:05:52 2010 From: alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com (Alan Bell) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:05:52 +0000 Subject: deletion of attachments In-Reply-To: References: <1292368762.1848.44.camel@panther> <1292680944.1710.64.camel@panther> Message-ID: <4D0DCAF0.5070803@theopenlearningcentre.com> Hi Phill, In Firefox or Chromium you can hold ctrl and use the mousewheel to alter the font size and scale images proportionately, however it that brings the width of the page wider than your physical screen you will be horizontally scrolling to read it. The font size on the wiki and various other Ubuntu web properties is known to be excessively small and to add to the problem it tends to be dark grey on light grey, reducing contrast from a plain black on white. The problem is that the font sizes are specified in the web design guidelines as a particular number of pixels and the foreground and background colours are specified the same place and there is a fixed width for the content so it won't reflow the text. There has been talk of installing a specific theme for accessibility, or turning on a feature to allow users to select in their preferences an additional stylesheet in addition to the current theme. The various bugs are filed in the ubuntu-website project and tagged a11y and light-wiki https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs?field.tag=light-wiki and if there is anything that bothers you and isn't in the current bug list then please file a new one here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+filebug Alan. On 19/12/10 02:42, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hiyas, > > oh, you will be so sorry for saying that. As a part of the > Accessibility project, I cannot select nor alter the font size on the > wiki pages. A case in hand is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpeechControl, > whilst I would seek a long term goal of putting on the control flags > as per http://forum.phillw.net/index.php whereby the 'A' has an up and > down arrow to increase / decrease font size, it is only a case of > copying over the CSS file and altering the font size. (I know, I was > asked to make my large font LARGE). Whilst they are thinking of that > could you ask if we could have a define of font / font size? > > Thanks, > > Phill. > P.S. May I also wish you a and your family a Very Merry Christmas, and > a Great 2011. > > On 18 December 2010 14:02, Phil Bull > wrote: > > Hi Phill, > > On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 02:58 +0000, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > well as it happened can you raise a bug report? They are much more > > likely to listen to you than a mere mortal like myself. :D > > Oh, and I have another potential kidnap victim for wiki - > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris He got his UBT membership > earlier. > > As his comment was http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/tvapf7K4 and he has > > already passed the demanding task of cproffit accepting his > formating, > > I think he is one to keep an eye on as we transfer the Lubutu > support > > pages over and re-format them. > > I raised a bug report here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/691900 > > Great news that Jared is helping out! As usual, let me know if you > guys > need a hand with anything. > > Thanks, > > Phil > -- > Phil Bull > https://launchpad.net/~philbull > Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com Sun Dec 19 09:07:48 2010 From: alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com (Alan Bell) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 09:07:48 +0000 Subject: deletion of attachments In-Reply-To: References: <1292368762.1848.44.camel@panther> <1292680944.1710.64.camel@panther> Message-ID: <4D0DCB64.3050408@theopenlearningcentre.com> Hi Phill, In Firefox or Chromium you can hold ctrl and use the mousewheel to alter the font size and scale images proportionately, however it that brings the width of the page wider than your physical screen you will be horizontally scrolling to read it. The font size on the wiki and various other Ubuntu web properties is known to be excessively small and to add to the problem it tends to be dark grey on light grey, reducing contrast from a plain black on white. The problem is that the font sizes are specified in the web design guidelines as a particular number of pixels and the foreground and background colours are specified the same place and there is a fixed width for the content so it won't reflow the text. There has been talk of installing a specific theme for accessibility, or turning on a feature to allow users to select in their preferences an additional stylesheet in addition to the current theme. The various bugs are filed in the ubuntu-website project and tagged a11y and light-wiki https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs?field.tag=light-wiki and if there is anything that bothers you and isn't in the current bug list then please file a new one here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+filebug Alan. On 19/12/10 02:42, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hiyas, > > oh, you will be so sorry for saying that. As a part of the > Accessibility project, I cannot select nor alter the font size on the > wiki pages. A case in hand is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpeechControl, > whilst I would seek a long term goal of putting on the control flags > as per http://forum.phillw.net/index.php whereby the 'A' has an up and > down arrow to increase / decrease font size, it is only a case of > copying over the CSS file and altering the font size. (I know, I was > asked to make my large font LARGE). Whilst they are thinking of that > could you ask if we could have a define of font / font size? > > Thanks, > > Phill. > P.S. May I also wish you a and your family a Very Merry Christmas, and > a Great 2011. > > On 18 December 2010 14:02, Phil Bull > wrote: > > Hi Phill, > > On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 02:58 +0000, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > well as it happened can you raise a bug report? They are much more > > likely to listen to you than a mere mortal like myself. :D > > Oh, and I have another potential kidnap victim for wiki - > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris He got his UBT membership > earlier. > > As his comment was http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/tvapf7K4 and he has > > already passed the demanding task of cproffit accepting his > formating, > > I think he is one to keep an eye on as we transfer the Lubutu > support > > pages over and re-format them. > > I raised a bug report here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/691900 > > Great news that Jared is helping out! As usual, let me know if you > guys > need a hand with anything. > > Thanks, > > Phil > -- > Phil Bull > https://launchpad.net/~philbull > Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From manselton at gmail.com Sun Dec 19 10:46:25 2010 From: manselton at gmail.com (Maurice McCarthy) Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:46:25 +0000 Subject: ipod In-Reply-To: References: <7D59A9F1B4C1456AB1F7FA2E26DA0D6C@mjDator> Message-ID: gtkpod or gnupod-tools Also ipod for information only. Good Luck Maurice From yellowpenguin at edpnet.be Tue Dec 21 08:29:04 2010 From: yellowpenguin at edpnet.be (Y P) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:29:04 +0100 Subject: ipod In-Reply-To: <7D59A9F1B4C1456AB1F7FA2E26DA0D6C@mjDator> References: <7D59A9F1B4C1456AB1F7FA2E26DA0D6C@mjDator> Message-ID: <20101221082904.GC3365@jupiter> Hi Mattias, On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:50:12PM +0100, mattias wrote: > Any blind users here I do. > If so > > Have you completely switch to linux? Totally not. > If so > > How do you manage your ipod? My sighted partner does uses iTunes on a non-Linux PC; let me explain: - at the VERY VERY first sync you need (/mandatory) iTunes so that the device should be recognized and synced: there is no way yet to do this under Gnu/Linux - but, it's important to have a look at the libimobiledevice.org project, these libs and tools are now shipped with Ubuntu, they do have a ML where people are exchanging thos experiences in using i(Products) with the libimobiledevice packages. AFAIK the iProducts may be synced with Rhythmbox, GTKpod or Amarok, all these packs are available on your Ubuntu distro if wanted! But I'm not sure about those usability with Orca aso! Cf. http://www.libimobiledevice.org or apt-cache search imobile |more Success! Y P From mj at mjw.se Wed Dec 22 11:28:27 2010 From: mj at mjw.se (mattias) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:28:27 +0100 Subject: vbox-gtk Message-ID: <366B4602323E47D2977C074EF3349CCD@mjDator> wich vbox are supported by vboxgtk? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cjk at teamcharliesangels.com Wed Dec 22 13:59:20 2010 From: cjk at teamcharliesangels.com (Charlie Kravetz) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 06:59:20 -0700 Subject: vbox-gtk In-Reply-To: <366B4602323E47D2977C074EF3349CCD@mjDator> References: <366B4602323E47D2977C074EF3349CCD@mjDator> Message-ID: <20101222065920.2ac4b2bb@teamcharliesangels.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:28:27 +0100 "mattias" wrote: > wich vbox are supported by vboxgtk? According to Synaptic Package Manager, virtualbox-ose - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNEgQ4AAoJEFNEIRz9dxbAEOIH/2wVQJpDvjzcLZrtH+XgeQ7A vcFveBkD7mTcYaCccm/M3HN1wbPu4nTSS6uEOwj+qBqPs8Ir4qjCCHxC+vqRf62O BP7vjDHyUZ7kvLykMnd/IW8ar6gVvTSt55OMEfeOOXulzNlNHTooLFWx1aB7t0td thdKHDEpMo42O/cf72IAnR9ppArPMXA9ffeu9l9Saj/hv9+ex6jc+eXyV7Q/Di2s dtu6pioWxGLwF1zks+tPrRStpOjqNZmlKm2DvDI7xr9numvFywGnSKxcrlQoIAKR Rdzky0sjiPyImLLFA0C36NKXSky/ygoXZ/Sqs7IINJSeOQ0R3rl+H+tRP2pMnTc= =1m7f -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From cjk at teamcharliesangels.com Wed Dec 22 16:19:07 2010 From: cjk at teamcharliesangels.com (Charlie Kravetz) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:19:07 -0700 Subject: vbox-gtk In-Reply-To: <12172DE0EE2248B789A7F6766B50CEC6@mjDator> References: <20101222065920.2ac4b2bb@teamcharliesangels.com> <12172DE0EE2248B789A7F6766B50CEC6@mjDator> Message-ID: <20101222091907.2ce91e1d@teamcharliesangels.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:02:21 +0100 "mattias" wrote: > Yes ok but all versions of vbox ose? Normally the version in that release of Ubuntu. You can check which versions by going to vboxgtk in Synaptic, right-click the entry, left-click properties. Then click the Dependencies tab. It will tell you the version supported there. In 10.04, I show virtualbox-ose (>=3.0.4 dfsg-1) which means it will support virtualbox-ose versions equal to or greater than 3.0.4. I do not have Ubuntu 10.10 installed at this time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ubuntu-accessibility-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com > [mailto:ubuntu-accessibility-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Charlie > Kravetz > Sent: den 22 december 2010 14:59 > To: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: vbox-gtk > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:28:27 +0100 > "mattias" wrote: > > > wich vbox are supported by vboxgtk? > > According to Synaptic Package Manager, virtualbox-ose > > - -- Charlie Kravetz Linux Registered User Number 425914 [http://counter.li.org/] Never let anyone steal your DREAM. [http://keepingdreams.com] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEbBAEBAgAGBQJNEiT7AAoJEFNEIRz9dxbA4Q4H+L5cpEWnp/p+baB9j0/nTWiq kWRMhbECZ5PV4c/zLR2Dz/mDlFf/Zz0akxY8czjpoHOWjxWta/IccascIe8KrhZs L0ZvWXlJ0n/WZgulCnCYNEQwUkA8VM4pYDSNcKWpGYiOxzNKxdZjItzE+hwfOm0m nkJNpL20sIgZYwx8fn2ksTTi73ATsh4AJQ+kDMXgVlNKwq8pKYvo+wC32RzyYwyy /V07Y1KL0qUxmGXqX14xIkgrq31OkYrdYmedwbKRfPLA/sYLWwY/+oYPQj1Tt+Ap 9mJwiyi2FKYyUHxRQRH6W6QChwKvUIESMPmAxWrgfe80pG61l7NnH9wWUbY+QQ== =8fgL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From phillw at phillw.net Wed Dec 22 18:12:25 2010 From: phillw at phillw.net (Phill Whiteside) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:12:25 +0000 Subject: deletion of attachments In-Reply-To: <4D0DCAF0.5070803@theopenlearningcentre.com> References: <1292368762.1848.44.camel@panther> <1292680944.1710.64.camel@panther> <4D0DCAF0.5070803@theopenlearningcentre.com> Message-ID: Hiyas Alan, that is certainly worth documenting, I'll get it added to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpeechControl I guess the goal would be to have what they managed with the style sheet on http://forum.phillw.net/index.php or is used on various other sites such as http://www.myguide.gov.uk/myguide/Settings.do?key=settings. I do believe that having looked at the CSS for the phpbb3 one it is possible to do without too much work for the wiki areas, but I've been wrong in the past :) Sorry for the late reply, I've been a bit busy. Regards, Phill. On 19 December 2010 09:05, Alan Bell wrote: > Hi Phill, > In Firefox or Chromium you can hold ctrl and use the mousewheel to alter > the font size and scale images proportionately, however it that brings the > width of the page wider than your physical screen you will be horizontally > scrolling to read it. > The font size on the wiki and various other Ubuntu web properties is known > to be excessively small and to add to the problem it tends to be dark grey > on light grey, reducing contrast from a plain black on white. The problem is > that the font sizes are specified in the web design guidelines as a > particular number of pixels and the foreground and background colours are > specified the same place and there is a fixed width for the content so it > won't reflow the text. There has been talk of installing a specific theme > for accessibility, or turning on a feature to allow users to select in their > preferences an additional stylesheet in addition to the current theme. > The various bugs are filed in the ubuntu-website project and tagged a11y > and light-wiki > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bugs?field.tag=light-wiki > > and if there is anything that bothers you and isn't in the current bug list > then please file a new one here > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+filebug > > > > Alan. > > > > On 19/12/10 02:42, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > Hiyas, > > oh, you will be so sorry for saying that. As a part of the Accessibility > project, I cannot select nor alter the font size on the wiki pages. A case > in hand is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SpeechControl, whilst I would seek a > long term goal of putting on the control flags as per > http://forum.phillw.net/index.php whereby the 'A' has an up and down arrow > to increase / decrease font size, it is only a case of copying over the CSS > file and altering the font size. (I know, I was asked to make my large font > LARGE). Whilst they are thinking of that could you ask if we could have a > define of font / font size? > > Thanks, > > Phill. > P.S. May I also wish you a and your family a Very Merry Christmas, and a > Great 2011. > > On 18 December 2010 14:02, Phil Bull wrote: > >> Hi Phill, >> >> On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 02:58 +0000, Phill Whiteside wrote: >> > well as it happened can you raise a bug report? They are much more >> > likely to listen to you than a mere mortal like myself. :D >> > Oh, and I have another potential kidnap victim for wiki - >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris He got his UBT membership earlier. >> > As his comment was http://ubuntu.pastebin.com/tvapf7K4 and he has >> > already passed the demanding task of cproffit accepting his formating, >> > I think he is one to keep an eye on as we transfer the Lubutu support >> > pages over and re-format them. >> >> I raised a bug report here: >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/691900 >> >> Great news that Jared is helping out! As usual, let me know if you guys >> need a hand with anything. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Phil >> -- >> Phil Bull >> https://launchpad.net/~philbull >> Book - http://nostarch.com/ubuntu4.htm >> >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: