From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DIoiH-0005N9-00 for ; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 10:07:29 -0400 Received: (qmail 21145 invoked by uid 0); 5 Apr 2005 14:07:27 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp6.knology.net with SMTP; 5 Apr 2005 14:07:27 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DIoin-0008C9-Iy for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:08:01 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:08:01 -0500 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050405140801.GC25490@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050405010829.GD11527@rednote.net> <000201c539b5$ded8ef70$220110ac@jim> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000201c539b5$ded8ef70$220110ac@jim> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: what is orca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:07:29 -0000 Hi. On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 01:02:48AM -0700, jim grimsby wrote: > > > Yes, developmental. > How well does it work so far? Does it work better then gnopernicus? > Where can one goto get it? Thanks. I can't get it to run on my current Debian system, but I tried it last year when I ran Gentoo. I suspect my problem in Debian is something Debian changed in bonobo, but haven't spent much time trying to debug and fix. Because of the nature of Gnome accessibility, it did a good job. It doesn't have any review functions,and at that time, it did a better job of reading a gnome terminal. Gnopernicus has sinced improved it's access to Gnome terminals. The only way I know to get it is from CVS. I noticed that not all of it gets downloaded some times, so make sure you get the C code as well as the Python code if you try it. export CVSROOT=':pserver:anonymous@anoncvs.gnome.org:/cvs/gnome' cvs login cvs co orca cvs logout I know this could probably be done with fewer commands, but I'm lazy and just pasted my getorca script from last year. If nothing else, orca convinced me the biggest problem with Gnome accessibility is probably Gnopernicus and not actual Gnome accessibility. Hope this helps. Kenny