UNS: instructions for doing an eyes-free install of chromevox on Linux

[Janina Sajka]

Wow, works on Fedora 19. Thanks, Chris.

I also had to create the extensions directory. For good measure I
chown'd the file root:root as well.

I used yum to install chrome 28 (stable) itself. I was able to do this
because I had the Google .repo file on archive from an installation
someone at Google helped me do some years ago. I imagine a little Google
search would turn up the downloadable location of that repo file. But,
with that file inhand, installation was a breeze.

Thanks for the json file. It worked like a charm!

Janina

Chris Brannon writes:
> It's not directly relevant to Speakup, but I suspect that a lot of the
> people on this list will be interested.
> Reposted from the chromevox discussion group:
> 
> It seems that there is now a very easy way to install ChromeVox under
> Linux without sighted help.
> Basically, download the following file:
> http://the-brannons.com/kgejglhpjiefppelpmljglcjbhoiplfn.json
> And put it in a particular directory.
> I'm running chromium, and for me, that directory is
> /usr/lib/chromium-browser/extensions.  If I were running chrome instead,
> it would be /opt/google/chrome/extensions.
> I'm running chromium on Gentoo, and I have no idea whether these paths
> are distro specific.  You may also need to create the extensions/
> directory.  I had to do that.
> Once the file is copied, just start chromium or chrome, and
> chromevox *should* start talking!
> I don't know if this can be used for older versions of chrome /
> chromium.  For what it's worth, chromium 29.0.1547.32 is installed here.
> In any case, I'm finally able to do an eyes-free install of chromevox
> under Linux!
> 
> Thanks to "floppym" for showing me how to do this.
> 
> -- Chris
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