From gervin at cableone.net Sat Jun 7 15:26:38 2014 From: gervin at cableone.net (Lenny) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 10:26:38 -0500 Subject: State of accessibility in Ubuntu 14. Message-ID: <67779D00C3A64B0EB16A336247BE181E@your2c061f0461> Hi, I have seen some discussion on the state of accessibility in the latest Ubuntu. Is there a solution for this, or is it still up in the air until Ubuntu 14.10 comes out? I am planning on putting Ubuntu on one of my systems, and I want to make sure it is ready for accessibility. Thanks for any info. Glenn From gervin at cableone.net Sat Jun 7 15:45:15 2014 From: gervin at cableone.net (Lenny) Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 10:45:15 -0500 Subject: Using vBox to install XP Message-ID: <313E8C7F656F40EA9BBD1CE754D0E7CD@your2c061f0461> Hi, Has anyone ever tried using vBox, http://www.wikihow.com/Install-VirtualBox on Ubuntu with Orca, to install another OS? Or is there a better Virtual installer for use with Orca? Thanks. Glenn From oskar.palmgren at gmail.com Mon Jun 16 21:50:45 2014 From: oskar.palmgren at gmail.com (oskar palmgren) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:50:45 +0200 Subject: unity accessibility issues Message-ID: <539F66B5.4050602@gmail.com> hi. i am using ubuntu 14.04. i have found some problems in it. first the dash doesn't work. this problem has been reported earlier from others. second i have some problems with braille. sometimes my braille display locks for some reason. i can't use the buttons on the display to go 40 characters forward. i use an baum supervario. third i can't read the battery percent and time ramaining in braille, but it is spoken. i mostly relay on braille som it would be good if it worked. i don't know if i should report these bugs somewhere else or if it is enough if i write here. regards Oskar. From kd7cyu at gmail.com Mon Jun 16 21:59:42 2014 From: kd7cyu at gmail.com (Tom Masterson) Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: unity accessibility issues In-Reply-To: <539F66B5.4050602@gmail.com> References: <539F66B5.4050602@gmail.com> Message-ID: I use an Alva BC640 and have the same lock up problems. It happens both in the desktop and at the console (I work primarily at the console). The only solution I have found is to shut down the display (power it off or unplug it from the usb) and then reconnect. After that it works fine again. However this tells me it is not a unity problem perse but some thing in the underlying system be it a kernel issue or a brltty issue. I have not done a full investigation nor reported it to the brltty fols yet to see if they are experiencing it. Tom On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, oskar palmgren wrote: > hi. > > i am using ubuntu 14.04. i have found some problems in it. > > first the dash doesn't work. this problem has been reported earlier from > others. > > second i have some problems with braille. sometimes my braille display locks > for some reason. i can't use the buttons on the display to go 40 characters > forward. i use an baum supervario. > > third i can't read the battery percent and time ramaining in braille, but it > is spoken. i mostly relay on braille som it would be good if it worked. > > i don't know if i should report these bugs somewhere else or if it is enough > if i write here. > > regards Oskar. > > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > Ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility > From nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk Wed Jun 25 15:44:30 2014 From: nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk (Nick Wood) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:44:30 +0100 Subject: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04 Message-ID: <00a301cf908c$5b8a1170$129e3450$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> Hi all, I've just upgraded my Ubuntu installation from 12.04 to 14.04. So far all appears to be well, apart from the fact that Orca will sometimes produce distorted/garbled speech. It's as if the speech rate goes so high that you can't make out what is being said. This doesn't happen all the time, but there doesn't seem to be a pattern to it either. When it does go distorted, you can tab away from the control you were on and tab back to it, and it will speak the control properly at the normal speed. I've done some searching but couldn't find any definite pointers that might help pinpoint the problem. Can anyone offer any suggestions of things to try? Thanks in advance, Nick From milton at tomaatnet.nl Wed Jun 25 17:23:50 2014 From: milton at tomaatnet.nl (Milton) Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:23:50 +0200 Subject: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04 In-Reply-To: <00a301cf908c$5b8a1170$129e3450$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> References: <00a301cf908c$5b8a1170$129e3450$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> Message-ID: <53AB05A6.7070207@tomaatnet.nl> 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, > > I've just upgraded my Ubuntu installation from 12.04 to 14.04. So far all > appears to be well, apart from the fact that Orca will sometimes produce > distorted/garbled speech. > It's as if the speech rate goes so high that you can't make out what is > being said. > > This doesn't happen all the time, but there doesn't seem to be a pattern to > it either. When it does go distorted, you can tab away from the control you > were on and tab back to it, and it will speak the control properly at the > normal speed. > > I've done some searching but couldn't find any definite pointers that might > help pinpoint the problem. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions of things to try? > > Thanks in advance, > > Nick > > From nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk Sat Jun 28 07:27:53 2014 From: nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk (Nick Wood) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 08:27:53 +0100 Subject: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04 In-Reply-To: <53AB05A6.7070207@tomaatnet.nl> References: <00a301cf908c$5b8a1170$129e3450$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> <53AB05A6.7070207@tomaatnet.nl> Message-ID: <000901cf92a2$7a8caa70$6fa5ff50$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> Thanks Milton. This seems to work great. Is there a bug logged for this that I can lend my support to? Thanks, Nick -----Original Message----- From: Milton [mailto:milton at tomaatnet.nl] Sent: 25 June 2014 18:24 To: Nick Wood; ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com Subject: 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 From milton at tomaatnet.nl Sat Jun 28 13:26:51 2014 From: milton at tomaatnet.nl (Milton) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:26:51 +0200 Subject: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04 In-Reply-To: <000901cf92a2$7a8caa70$6fa5ff50$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> References: <00a301cf908c$5b8a1170$129e3450$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> <53AB05A6.7070207@tomaatnet.nl> <000901cf92a2$7a8caa70$6fa5ff50$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> Message-ID: <53AEC29B.4010601@tomaatnet.nl> Hi Nick, A while ago Attila reported it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1267803 Also Majid HUSSAIN posted a work-around which I did with sighted assistance because I guess that Orca must not running when doing the following instructions by Majid: type in a terminal: sudo gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa locate the folowing line > load-module module-udev-detect > and you add the folowing > you put a space after udev-dectet > tsched=0 > in the end it will look like this > load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0 > save the file and reboot then pulse audio should work op 28-06-14 09:27, Nick Wood schreef: > Thanks Milton. > > This seems to work great. > > Is there a bug logged for this that I can lend my support to? > > Thanks, > > Nick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Milton [mailto:milton at tomaatnet.nl] > Sent: 25 June 2014 18:24 > To: Nick Wood; ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: 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 > > From nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk Sat Jun 28 14:50:05 2014 From: nick at microlitesoftware.co.uk (Nick Wood) Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 15:50:05 +0100 Subject: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04 In-Reply-To: <53AEC29B.4010601@tomaatnet.nl> References: <00a301cf908c$5b8a1170$129e3450$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> <53AB05A6.7070207@tomaatnet.nl> <000901cf92a2$7a8caa70$6fa5ff50$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> <53AEC29B.4010601@tomaatnet.nl> Message-ID: <001f01cf92e0$40a330c0$c1e99240$@microlitesoftware.co.uk> Thanks Milton, I've made the alterations to /etc/pulse/default.pa that Majid posted and so far everything seems good. Cheers for your help. Regards, Nick -----Original Message----- From: Milton [mailto:milton at tomaatnet.nl] Sent: 28 June 2014 14:27 To: Nick Wood; ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Distorted speech in Orca on 14.04 Hi Nick, A while ago Attila reported it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1267803 Also Majid HUSSAIN posted a work-around which I did with sighted assistance because I guess that Orca must not running when doing the following instructions by Majid: type in a terminal: sudo gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa locate the folowing line > load-module module-udev-detect > and you add the folowing > you put a space after udev-dectet > tsched=0 > in the end it will look like this > load-module module-udev-detect tsched=0 > save the file and reboot then pulse audio should work