[NFBCS] deploying a virtual machine

Fri Feb 5 18:22:36 UTC 2021

I would expect you can interact with the console via command line
tools, but don't have specifics for virtualbox.

Further, if I were you, I'd configure the machine so you can ssh into it. However, you'll probably need to console into it first.

I would not worry about getting orca up and running.  I'd concentrate on a console/commandline based screen reader like speakup or yasr.

JIm

On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 11:55:50AM -0600, Amelia Pellicciotti via NFBCS wrote:
> Once I configured the initial settings for the virtual environment,
> such as disk size and ram usage, I launched it and lost the ability to
> type with my keyboard or revert back to the host, but that could
> intirely be just because I don't know what I am doing. Also, during
> setup I could guess what field I am in by context, and because of a
> help video from our professor, but quite a number of the eddit fields,
> list boxes, and other buttons with virtual box on windows are
> unlabeled. Additionally, I found a help article regarding how to set
> up the vm for virtualbox using cmd, but I do not believe I can
> interact with the guest OS from the host command line? Is this true?
> 
> On 2/5/21, Amelia Pellicciotti <ameliapelli95 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello all, I was not clear, but I have a windows 10 professional host.
> > Additionally, the instructor for this course would like us to use Kali
> > Linux because it includes lots of penetration testing tools built in?
> > Do you know if orca is included in this specific distro. I see
> > available for download a package manager for orca available created by
> > the debien accessibility team which is compatible with Kali. I am
> > unsure if Orca is already built in? Or if I need to run separately the
> > package manager. Also, which provides a more user friendly experience?
> > Vm ware, or oracle virtual box with a windows host?
> > Regards, Amelia
> >
> > On 2/5/21, Chris Nestrud via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> I've done this to be able to use Linux guest VMs. As far as I could
> >> tell, hyperV doesn't pass audio from the VM, so I needed some way of
> >> setting them up that didn't require a screen reader on the Linux side. I
> >> ended up using Vagrant to initially set up the VM, then I could control
> >> it from within the hyperV manager. A friend who did not rely on Linux
> >> audio mentioned that he did not
> >> have a good experience trying to use Linux GUI from within hyperV. CLI
> >> worked well enough.
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 07:42:34AM -0800, Jim Barbour via NFBCS wrote:
> >>> Has anyone used the windows hyperV to deploy VMs in wondows?
> >>>
> >>> I know that you need to search for "turn features on and off" and then
> >>> find the hyper V feature and turn it on. I'm not sure how you then
> >>> control
> >>> the hyper V or point it at a linux installation ISO.
> >>>
> >>> I'd love to hear from folks who have done this.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 07:18:34AM -0600, Amelia Pellicciotti via NFBCS
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > Thank you Tod, I did not clarify. I am presently running a windows 10
> >>> > professional host. However, I believe that it would also be useful for
> >>> > me too learn how to use virtual box from a command line on Linux.
> >>> >
> >>> > Sent from my iPhone
> >>> >
> >>> > > On Feb 4, 2021, at 7:40 PM, Tod Fassl <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > ???About the Linux distrobution to use. I believe the most easily
> >>> > > accessible disto is Ubuntu. Once you boot the installation image ISO
> >>> > > file, press Alt+Super+s to start the screen reader. The super key is
> >>> > > often called the Windows key in non-linux environments.
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Another accessible Linux distro is Debian. To get speech, boot the
> >>> > > installation imageand press the s key. Just keep pressing the s key
> >>> > > until it starts talking. This is going to give you a character user
> >>> > > interface during the installation. But you can install a graphical
> >>> > > user interface to use when the installation is done.
> >>> > >
> >>> > >
> >>> > >> On 2/4/21 7:01 PM, Amelia Pellicciotti via NFBCS wrote:
> >>> > >> Good evening everyone,
> >>> > >> I am a cyber security student pursuing the 501 cert, and I am a
> >>> > >> full-time screen reader user, no magnification. For a lab in my
> >>> > >> course, I need to mount a virtual machine from a linux
> >>> > >> distribution,
> >>> > >> and take a screenshot of its desktop once it is loaded to confirm
> >>> > >> completion of the assignment. We were encouraged to do this using
> >>> > >> oracle virtual box, but it has several issues with jaws and NVDA. I
> >>> > >> have heard that VM ware is accessible. Then there is the matter of
> >>> > >> selecting a variant  with speech capability once the drive is
> >>> > >> mounted.
> >>> > >> Is that correct? Which versions have orca already included? the
> >>> > >> instructor gave us a link to the Kali Linux distribution.
> >>> > >> Thank you very much for your feedback, I hope all of you have a
> >>> > >> nice
> >>> > >> safe, healthy and enjoyable weekend.
> >>> > >>
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