How do I get to learn Linux & SpeakUp? Re: How to use espeakup

[Georgina Joyce]

Hi


If you want to install using speakup the vinux website does contain an
audio walkthrough that I produced.  Don't hesitate to contact me if you
have any questions about the text install and speakup.  If you are in
the UK, I'd possibly be able to talk you through the install process.

Gena

On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 21:56 -0400, Peter Tesar wrote:
> Here are the steps I took to try Linux (on a live CD) and then attempt to 
> install it.
> 
> I have Windows and JAWS on my first physical disk partitioned into c: and d: 
> drives. I wanted to play it safe by putting Linux on a second physical disk. 
> This second disk was just installed but it is not partitioned. I understood 
> that the installing of Linux would perform the partitioning.
> 
> I listened to a few MP3 podcasts explaining how to install various 
> distributions of Linux. However, since the recordings, Linux versions have 
> changed and I know very little about Linux ORCA and Speakup.
> 
> I chose to start with Vinux. The Dr. Bongo's Vinux Development Blog site 
> gives 30 steps. From the Vinux UK site I downloaded the ISO file and burned 
> the live CD.
> 
> This Live CD originally worked. Four minutes after booting I heard “Welcome 
> to ORCA”. Then I could tab three times to hear the help, preferences and 
> quit buttons.
> 
> I focused on step 23 which explains How to install Vinux to a hard drive as 
> a duel system.
> It states that the 'Install Vinux to Hard Drive' launcher will allow you to 
> partition your hard drive and install Vinux to it.
> 
> I thought that the five words in quotes should be typed in the console.
> Step 13states: you have to press ctrl+alt+F1 from the running Gnome session 
> or the GDM login screen. You can then use Speakup to input commands from the 
> console
> 
> I pressed control+alt+f1 and then typed:
> Install Vinux to Hard Drive (without the quotes).
> 
> This produced an error which I can’t remember exactly. I could use the ORCA 
> say lines keys (7, 8 and 9) to review the screen. The ORCA voice is a 
> challenge to understand.
> 
> Now When I boot to the live CD I hear “welcome to ORCA” and then nothing. 
> Now tabbing no longer results in the buttons being announced.
> 
> Since ORCA started with the live CD I thought that it would guide me through 
> the install to hard drive process. In retrospect, I think that there might 
> be an application called a launcher.
> 
> It would be helpful to have a list of command keystrokes for Linux, ORCA and 
> Speakup. I’m even wondering if the different Linux distributions have 
> different keystrokes. E.g. are alt+F1, alt+f2 and alt+F3 used by all the 
> Linuxes?
> 
> Where do I go from here?
> 
> Peter
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:56 AM
> Subject: Re: How do I get to learn Linux & SpeakUp? Re: How to use espeakup
> 
> 
> Peter Tesar, le Tue 22 Sep 2009 11:48:05 -0400, a écrit :
> > All I have to work with is Windows XP and JAWS. I thought that it would be
> > easier to chat with someone on your Reflector. The information sent me
> > through this list service didn't help. Maybe I am doing something wrong or
> > nobody is there to chat.
> >
> > Your web site http://linux-speakup.org/ is not helpful.
> 
> Then that's the place where things should be fixed.
> 
> > I would like to get started using Linux.
> 
> That's your question and that's what could be on the website if somebody
> took the time to write the text.
> 
> > I haven't been successful with the distribution CD that I downloaded
> > and burned.
> 
> Then it's probably a bug and in that case the mailing list is indeed
> appropriate: please precisely describe what you have done, and what
> result you got.
> 
> Samuel
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-- 
Gena


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