[nfbcs] Grub Question:

[Christopher Chaltain]

Almost everything i use is covered here, but I'd order things a bit 
differently.

1) Orca on the desktop with Unity, Gnome or Mate

2) Emacspeak with Emacs

3) Speakup in the console

4) ChromeVox with Chrome

Vinux and Sonar are distributions configured especially for the blind. 
The boot media should come up talking and they'll come with accessible 
applications on the live CD and the install media. Vinux is based on 
Ubuntu which is based on Debian, while Sonar is based on Manjaro which 
is based on Arch.

I personally use Vinux with Orca, Emacspeak, Speakup and ChromeVox. This 
is my every day system at home, and used to be the system I used at my 
previous job. Pretty much the only time I boot Windows is to run iTunes.

On 08/17/2015 06:21 PM, Brian Buhrow via nfbcs wrote:
> 	Hello.   Option  5 is to install Linux with Speakup and use that from
> the Linux console.
>
> -thanks
> -Brian
>
> On Aug 17,  4:07pm, Jim Barbour via nfbcs wrote:
> } Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Grub Question:
> } If you need to interact with grub while your machine is booting, which
> } is likely if you're hacking it, then you're only option is to
> } configure grub so it will display it's output to a USB port, rather
> } than a graphics display.
> }
> } I'm afraid I don't have the exact instructions for doing this, just a strong belief that it can be done.
> }
> } As for Linux screen reader access, you have three choices.  They are
> } ranked according to my preference.  I'm hoping others will chime in
> } with theirs..
> }
> } 1. Configure LInux so you can use ssh to connect to it via the networking from a mac or windows machine running a screen reader.
> }
> } 2. Install yasr, which is a screen reader which only works inside a linux terminal.
> }
> } 3. Install emacspeak, which is a text based, talking environment for interacting with LInux.  It's a nice environment, but might be a lot for you to learn.
> }
> } 4. install orca, which is a full GUI screen reader.  Others on this list like it more than I do.
> }
> } Hope this gets you started googling <grin>
> }
> } Jim
> }
> } On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 05:24:05PM -0400, Charles E. Black via nfbcs wrote:
> } > Greetings:
> } >
> } >
> } >
> } > I am attending a Master's class on Ethical Hacking. They gave me a Linux
> } > disk with the Grub distro. This disk contains different hacking tools I will
> } > be using throughout the class. Is there a way to make the Grub distro use
> } > speech? Beyond, once I determine what tools there are, is there a way to
> } > attack the linux problem? I know what linux is and I have looked at Ubuntu,
> } > a little. Now, I need to be more than a little familiar with linux.
> } > Education will happen quickly. But, it will never happen if I don't have a
> } > functional verssion of linux. Can some make any suggestions?
> } >
> } >
> } >
> } > Charles Black
> } >
> } > charleseblack at att.net
> } >
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Christopher (CJ)
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