[NFBCS] Linux users

[Christopher Chaltain]

The last version of Vinux, version 5, is based off of Ubuntu 14.04. 
Ubuntu 14.04 was a long term supported (LTS) release, so it's official 
support ended a few months ago in April of 2019. Ubuntu 16.04and Ubuntu 
18.04 are also LTS releases and will still be supported for a few more 
years. I find both of them to be accessible out of the box, although 
you'll need to start Orca with the alt+super+s key command after you've 
booted the distro from the install media.


If we're talking about using Linux mostly from a terminal or the console 
then you might want to consider Fenrir. I don't use it myself yet, but 
it's supposed to have some major advantages over Speakup. 
https://linux-a11y.org/index.php?page=fenrir-screenreader


On 8/4/19 5:41 PM, Ryan Mann via NFBCS wrote:
> The last time I checked out Vinux, it was way out of date compared to the regular Ubuntu.  Is this still the case?  If so, I would stay away from it and just set up Orca or Speakup on a main stream Linux distribution.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 4, 2019, at 4:38 PM, Humberto Avila via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Brian,
>>
>>
>> You can actually down load a stand alone version of the Linux OS, with built-in accessibility and screen readers. It is called Vinux, which is Linux for the visually impaired. You can download it from http://vinuxproject.org/
>>
>>
>>  From my experience, it is very accessible, and it has a lot of structural content and navigation just like using JAWS on Windows. It is a bit of a learning curve, though, because Orca uses a lot of different key mappings that windows users aren't used to. However, it is completely doable.
>>
>>
>> I have been using it a little bit, running it under a virtual machine on Windows, which is a possibility if you just want to learn it.
>>
>> Orca uses the Insert key as the screen reader key for performing actions, just like JAWS and NVDA, so many of the things that you do may be familiar.
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>>
>> Hopefully this helps a bit.
>>
>>
>> Humberto
>>
>> [JAWS Certified, 2019]<http://www.freedomscientific.com/certification>   [NVDA Certified Expert 2019] <http://certification.nvaccess.org>
>>
>> On 8/4/2019 9:11 AM, Bryan Duarte via NFBCS wrote:
>>
>> Hey ya'll,
>>
>> I am sure to some this is a ridiculous question but I need to ask any way. I have been using Linux for years but mostly through an SSH connection to a server instance on either AWS or a PI or designated server in my lab. My question is does any one have any feedback on using it stand alone with Orca or some other screen reader? If so plese share your experiences.
>> Bryan Duarte
>>
>> PhD Computer Science Research student
>> IGERT Fellow, CUbiC Lab, Arizona State University
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