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

[Janina Sajka]

Now that I've worked with this for awhile, I'm reminded there was one
additional step when a Google person set this up for me some years ago.

Because Chrome is self-voicing with Chrome Vox, Orca (and
Speech-Dispatcher/Espeak) should be disabled while Chrome has focus.

I regret I don't know how to set that up. May have to take this to the
Orca list, unless someone here knows?

Janina

Janina Sajka writes:
> 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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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina at asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	janina at rednote.net

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/