[nfbcs] Linux questions. With orca.

Tue Nov 8 05:06:51 UTC 2016

I used Ubuntu on the job for two years. Fortunately, this was for a 
company where they cared about the results and didn't worry too much 
about the tools you used. I still use Ubuntu at home almost exclusively. 
The only time I've booted into Windows in 2016 was when I needed to run 
iTunes to remove the password from my iPhone backup.

I mostly used Orca, but in addition, I also used Emacspeak, Speakup and 
ChromeVox with Chrome.

On 07/11/16 11:05, Deborah Armstrong via nfbcs wrote:
> Do you absolutely have to use Orca? My experience with Orca is that it is fun to play with but not fast or reliable enough for employment-related tasks. Others on the list are free of course to disagree; this is just my experience.
>
> If you install Orca yourself from Ubuntu, it's also my experience you won't get anything better than what you'd have with Vinux, where all the dependencies and conflicts have been worked out for you.
>
> If you need to do technical things, like C++ or Python, the command line is fine for that. I've also heard that Eclipse wasn't entirely accessible with Orca. For Powerpoint, you might try using Google slides with Firefox under Orca. I was fooling with that last year and it seemed to work well.
>
> As for magnifier, you might have a video driver issue. To test this you could try Vinux in a VM or find another machine. I've had to compile way too many kernel patches and video drivers to get our home TV server working to have any objective view of this, but it seems like video issues are quite common. For example I currently have six security cameras that I can easily access from Windows, but whose images are fuzzy under Linux. Actually, it's my sighted husband who says they are fuzzy; it's me whose trying to figure out why.  If this were a work situation, it would be impractical to have a blind person working on this video issue, but because it's a home situation it's not.
>
> One last thing: when I was more actively fooling with Vinux, there was a low-vision guy who was accessing it through a Windows VM using Zoom-text as his magnifier. That sounds real awkward, but it was working for him.
>
> In general if you do any Linux stuff, it's a good idea to get a few older computers; even if they work too slow for the real world, you can test out issues to see if they are specific to your work PC.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of ronak shah via nfbcs
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2016 1:52 PM
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> Subject: [nfbcs] Linux questions. With orca.
>
> Hi,
>
> I have few questions based on linux, it would b great if someone could help me out.
>
> 1- I have been useing ubuntu 14.04 vinux distribution for a while, but it frankly dint match my expectations, can you suggest me a good linux which will mostly help me with the technical stuff.
>
> 2- for java editer, I have tried to use eclipse 3.8 version but the graphical user interface of Java does not work in eclipse mainly the output of the GUI.
>
> 3- libreoffice for PowerPoint presentations is not at all accessible for me with orca for some reason, I dont realy understand why.
>
> I am not able to access magnifier in vinux when its documentation says that it has a inbuilt magnifier.
>
> Thankyou so much in advanced
> Regards,
> Ron.
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