[NFBCS] deploying a virtual machine

Tue Feb 9 07:48:10 UTC 2021

According to the Cali official website, they do include Orca, which
can be enabled at installation time. I'm not sure how up to date this
information is though. They have a blog post about this from 2013:

https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-accessibility-improvements/

Accessibility is also listed on their features page.

If the instructions are still current, you should be able to get Orca
talking during installation by pressing the s key followed by enter,
at boot time.

Regards,

Rynhardt

On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 2:19 AM Tod Fassl via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Your instructor is legally and ethically required to allow you to use
> alternative tools that are more accessible. I haven't tried
>
> Kali linux since I was an undergraduate 20 years ago. But at the time, it was totally inaccessible and I had to substitute a Linux distro that was more accessible. Fortunately, my instructor was more than encouraging, he was happy to learn about accessibility and about other Linux distros. If your instructor is hard nosed about your sticking to
> Kali, then he needs to get his ass kicked. Report him to the accessibility center at your school, let the NFB know, contact a lawyer. Seriously, do not let him intimidate you into allowing him to not do his job. Because if you have a disability that makes it impossible for you to access his instruction materials, that is his problem, not yours.
>
>
>
>
> On 2/5/21 11:32 AM, Amelia Pellicciotti via NFBCS 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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