From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [IPv6:2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe70:e783]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05D001EF08B for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([IPv6:2601:a:3780:1f:be5f:f4ff:fe45:6a6e]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4DJX6gG010293 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 19:33:06 GMT Received: from concerto.rednote.net (concerto.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4DJX5sT028330 for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id r4DJX504028329 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: concerto.rednote.net: janina set sender to janina@rednote.net using -f Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Talking GDM [Was: Voxin was: Switching to Linux] Message-ID: <20130513193305.GB3457@concerto.rednote.net> References: <25752.1368029641@ccs.covici.com> <518A9206.8090008@math.wisc.edu> <518B4FCB.6090003@baechler.net> <518BAC38.8060708@math.wisc.edu> <20130509193744.GJ2324@bmcginty.hopto.org> <518C29C9.90704@gmail.com> <20130510182444.GE3601@concerto.rednote.net> <201C934B655C44CCAE12EC5E05B607C3@ownercb76d9f6c> <20130513024749.GA3457@concerto.rednote.net> <51905ABE.1040701@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51905ABE.1040701@gmail.com> X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 3.8.11-200.fc18.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Mon, 13 May 2013 19:33:10 -0000 Hi, Just for completeness sake ... Pulseaudio is not active on my system. So, getting GDM to speak does not require pulseaudio. It may work with pulse, I wouldn't know. But, it definitely isn't a prerequisite. Janina Kyle writes: > Yes, these are indeed the steps I took to make the screen reader start: > alt-control-tab, right arrow once, down arrow 4 times, enter and reboot. > I had only tested them on Arch, but I think it's a gnome-shell thing, so > it should work on any distro with gnome-shell 3.6, and may work on > earlier versions as well. I have read that there may be a hotkey option > coming in the future, but some funky things with pulseaudio will have to > be worked out also, or there will be a lot of disappointments when it > doesn't work as expected. Of course I refer to the autospawn being > turned off by default, which causes a copy of /etc/pulse/client.conf to > need to be copied to /var/lib/gdm/.config/pulse/client.conf and > autospawn to need to be enabled in GDM's copy just to make that talking > login screen work properly. I'm sure turning autospawn off by default > fixed some things for other users, but it sure did make things more > difficult for those of us who need Orca at the login screen. Of course > this won't be a problem at all for users who disable pulseaudio > systemwide, as speech should work in gdm the same as it does on the desktop. > ~Kyle > http://kyle.tk/ > -- > "Kyle? ... She calls her cake, Kyle?" > Out of This World, season 2 episode 21 - "The Amazing Evie" > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@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/