[NFBCS] Linux users

Mon Aug 5 14:15:59 UTC 2019



Bryan Duarte | software engineer

ASU Computer Science Ph.D Student
Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC Lab)
IGERT Fellow
Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technology (APAcT)
National Federation of the Blind of Arizona | Affiliate Board Member
Phone: 480-652-3045


> On Aug 5, 2019, at 6:32 AM, Bryan Duarte <bryan0731 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey Chris,
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> Thank you for your feedback this is exactly what I was looking for. The computer I bought to run Linux on is an HP Envy as well. I have Unbuntu 16.04 with Orca. Is there a specific configuration you are using? I remember back in 14.04 and earlier there was a Gnome text version but I do not think that is still around with GDK right?
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> I have it in laptop keyboard layout and I use the Windows, caps lock key, and the normal CTRL, and ALT keys to perform the system commands. So far something as simple as turing Orca on and off is not working as it should. Can these commands only be performed in specific locations on the system, i.e. Desktop. To say it differently do some commands not work when in a program such as terminal? Thanks again.
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> Bryan Duarte | software engineer
> 
> ASU Computer Science Ph.D Student
> IGERT Fellow
> Alliance for Person-centered Accessible Technology (APAcT)
> Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC Lab)
> National Federation of the Blind of Arizona | Affiliate Board Member
> National Association of Blind Students | Board Member
> Arizona Association of Blind Students | President
> Phone: 480-652-3045
> 
>> On Aug 4, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Christopher Chaltain via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
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>> Linux is the operating system I use at home. Right now I'm running Ubuntu 16.04, although I'm playing around with Ubuntu 18.04 in a virtual machine before installing it on my bare metal. I use Orca and Emacs with Emacspeak. I mostly use it to read email, surf the web, keep track of my personal information, write some letters and documents, tinker around with some programming and stuff like that. I'm doing this on my HP Envy laptop. I booted into Windows the other day to play around with some games from GMA Games, but I probably haven't booted into Windows on this laptop more than half a dozen times in the last two years.
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>> On 8/4/19 11:59 AM, Bryan Duarte via NFBCS wrote:
>>> Thanks for your response. I guess I should have been a bit more specific. I use A Mac with voiceover and I live in the Unix command line. I have no issue using Linux command line I have an issue using the Linux desktop. I have never had any luck with Linux with Orca in the Desktop environment. I bought a HP laptop about a yer ago specifically to install Linux on it. I did and found that commands did not work and I grew frustrated. I wanted to use the command line which I was able to do but then commands to review the stdout did not work,. If you have any further feedback on what version of Linux you are running, maybe the specs of your computer, Orca config, etc I would appreciate it.
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>>> Bryan Duarte
>>> 
>>> PhD Computer Science Research student
>>> IGERT Fellow, CUbiC Lab, Arizona State University
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 4, 2019, at 9:45 AM, Jack Heim <john at johnheim.com <mailto:john at johnheim.com>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have been using linux and orca so long I cannot really tell you how it compares to jaws or nvda. I manage the research computing cluster for the Math Department at the University Of Wisconsin. I think in 2019 it is fair to say that all computational research is done on linux machines. I haven't checked for years but the last couple of times I checked, all 500 of the top 500 supercomputers were running linux. You have big problems if you are using a Windows desktop and a linux server. It is way easier just to switch to linux on your desktop. So I haven't used Windows for 20 years.
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>>>> I have a Mac laptop so I can kind of compare orca and voiceOver. I am no Mac expert. But I would say orca and voiceOver are approximately equally good.
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>>>>> On 8/4/19 11:11 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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