vm / speakup / debian?

[Terry D. Cudney]

Thanks, Austin,

	I have used orca a bit, but only in gnome (gtk-based).

I'm not sure though; does orca work in a qt-based desktop?

    --terry
    
On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at 02:38:34PM -0400, Austin Seraphin wrote:
--> Linux uses the Orca screen reader for graphical interfaces, and they
--> have their own mailing list as well. I use it with the Mate desktop and
--> love it. Speakup works as a fallback if the GUI crashes.
--> 
--> 
--> On 06/19/2017 01:01 PM, Terry D. Cudney wrote:
--> > Hi greg,
--> >
--> >    thanks for your response.
--> >
--> >    I have debian 8, a fresh install on this laptop, with gnome. I don't think that should make much difference though.
--> >
--> >    Questions:
--> >
--> >       1) why did you choose the xfce desktop?
--> >       2) I have little experience with gui's in debian, everything has been speakup/cli. What screen review package do you use in a qt-based desktop?
--> >       3) why the virtualbox vm, over vmware/kvm/etc?
--> >       4) have you run a windows guest on the debian host? any caveats there?
--> >
--> >       Thanks for any pointers/suggestions you can offer.
--> >
--> >       --terry
--> >       
--> > On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 01:56:10PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
--> > --> I'm running the same debian 7 guest on both a windows host and a
--> > --> devuan 1 host, not at the same time of course. The devuan host is running xfce, and I find myself
--> > --> managing the guest from the GUI mostly. The GUI is qt-based, so the
--> > --> accessibility is not what it would probably be if it was gtk-based,
--> > --> but it is still useable. Also, everything that can be done from the
--> > --> GUI on virtualbox can also be done through the command line. 
--> > --> 
--> > --> As for the guest itself, it's very much as if it were the host. Some
--> > --> usb devices passed through to the guest don't handle as fast as they
--> > --> would on bare metal, but that's about it. If you have more specific
--> > --> questions, I'll try to answer them.
--> > --> 
--> > --> Greg
--> > --> 
--> > --> 
--> > --> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 07:38:41PM -0400, Terry D. Cudney wrote:
--> > --> > Hi all,
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    Been lurking on this list for a  long time, so here comes a question:
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    Kirk tells me that some of you are using virtual machines with speakup.
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    Which vm works best? kvm/qemu? vmware? virtualbox?  other?
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    Target system is debian, on a asus laptop i7 64-bit, 8GB ram 1TB hdd.
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    I have need to run windows 10, currently dual-booting with uefi/gpt, but want t+o run in a vm on this system.
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    Also, curious about possibility of running android development in the same vm environment.
--> > --> > 
--> > --> >    Any suggestions/observations/experiences are very welcome.
--> > --> > 
--> > --> > TIA,
--> > --> >  
--> > --> >  --terry
--> > --> > 
--> > --> > -- 
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Name: Terry D. Cudney
Phone: 289-488-4882 ext 1
E-mail: speakup at cloud.cudneys.ca