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From: "Gabriel Vega" <blindtech@blindtechs.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: Greetings from Ubuntu
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:01:32 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000c01c6e705$3227ce00$3a02a8c0@btntacobell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <452288B4.3020208@ubuntu.com>

Thank you sir for all your efforts. I do have a question though. Is your
ubuntu installer intel mac compatible? and if so what will the accessibility
options offer for it. I mainly work with macs but have a couple of pc's I
can install this ubuntu on. I tried at one time to install it on an hp vetra
p3 866 but that didn't work at all.


Gabe Vega
The BlindTechs Network
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Nilsen Omma" <henrik@ubuntu.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 8:58 AM
Subject: Greetings from Ubuntu


> Hello SpeakUp List!
>
> I've just been make aware of this list, so I'm writing to introduce
> myself. I'm Henrik Nilsen Omma, Accessibility Coordinator at Ubuntu.
>
> I see from the archives that there have been some questions about Ubuntu
> Edgy, Orca etc. and some misconceptions that I'll try to clear up.
>
> The aim of the Live CD is to provide an environment for exploring the
> system and later installing it. This should work independently for both
> visually and mobility impaired users. We are just a few bugs away from
> making it work smoothly ;) -- but we still have a couple of weeks.
>
> The default Ubuntu installer is written in GTK (as it runs on a Gnome
> system). The reason it does not speak to Orca at the moment is that it
> is running as root, while Orca runs as a user. We are preparing a fix
> for this, but for now you can work around it by running Orca from a root
> terminal and then running 'ubiquity' from there as well (the installer).
>  The Kubuntu version of the installer is written in QT, but most VI
> users would not want to install KDE at this point. Things are looking
> better for KDE4 though.
>
> We have also included speakup with our default Edgy kernel, but have not
> prepared the required command line scripts for it yet. Any help with
> testing speakup in Edgy and preparing such scripts would be great!
>
> About myself: I'm not visually impaired but I do have a mobility
> impairment. Of the Linux access tools, I only use sticky keys myself
> though I do have a working familiarity with the others. My main role is
> to encourage, facilitate and coordinate accessibility development in
> Ubuntu. I work with end-users in the forums and mailing lists and with
> the core developers to implement features.
>
> Henrik
>
>
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>



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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Henrik Nilsen Omma
 ` Gabriel Vega [this message]
   ` Henrik Nilsen Omma
     ` Gabriel Vega
       ` Henrik Nilsen Omma
 ` Scott Ford
   ` Henrik Nilsen Omma
 ` Marcel Oats
   ` Henrik Nilsen Omma
     ` Marcel Oats
     ` Marcel Oats

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