Hi. Just go to debian.org, download an installer.(net installation, dvd or what you want.) Just boot the dvd. when it has booted you'll hear a beep. type s and press enter. there you go. /Kristoffer 2015-08-18 21:23 GMT+02:00, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona <hank.smith966@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello > where can I get the talking debian installer? > also my laptop has 4 gigs of ram it is a quad core processor > Hank > > On 8/18/2015 12:18 PM, John G Heim wrote: >> The behaviour you describe is similar to what I got when I tried to >> install ubuntu 15.04 on a machine with less than 1Gb of memory. I >> believe officially, you need only 512Mb but I don't think you can run >> the GUI installer and orca with less than 1Gb. >> >> If it was me, I'd try the talking debian installer. Even if it's not >> the amount of RAM you have, the talking debian installer is more >> failure proof. >> >> >> On 08/18/2015 11:36 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: >>> I also forgot to mention in my last message that I also tried going to >>> the gparted program from mate itself using the alt f 1 and going to >>> system tools, if memory serves that is where it is located >>> it then launches and the same behavior happens as described in last >>> email that I sent out. >>> once again I am not trying to miss spread info but I have trying to >>> figure this stuff out for several weeks and am about to give up on linux >>> intirely I really don't want to cause I really like the stuff that linux >>> offers the blind comunity >>> thanks >>> Hank >>> >>> On 8/18/2015 2:23 AM, Tony Baechler wrote: >>>> Well, if what you're saying is true, how was I able to do a complete >>>> install by myself without help and why have other people on the Orca >>>> list had the same success? I'm sorry, but you're spreading >>>> misinformation. Please don't do that. If you're having problems, >>>> please ask or do some research, but please don't assume that Ubuntu, >>>> MATE or Orca are automatically at fault. In this case, you didn't >>>> press Super-S when the DVD booted, so Orca didn't start >>>> automatically. You shouldn't be running the partition manager with >>>> Alt-F1 or Alt-F2 regardless. You should get a message spoken when you >>>> press Super-S telling you that the screen reader is running. This is >>>> clearly documented on the Ubuntu accessibility wiki page. The super >>>> key is also known as the Windows key. If Super-S doesn't work, try >>>> Super-Alt-S. Also, no, it doesn't run Terminal at all during the >>>> installation. Orca speaks great in the terminal, even as root with >>>> sudo. >>>> >>>> On 8/17/2015 10:42 AM, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona wrote: >>>>> Hello you may want to give ubuntu mate a try? >>>>> how ever you are unable to run the partition manager when you alt f 1 >>>>> and go >>>>> to the respective program to run it. >>>>> think it is running mate terminal wich causes orca to stop speaking >>>>> have yet >>>>> to find a fix for this wich is causing me to have second thoughts on >>>>> ubuntu >>>>> mate and mate as a hole have had nothing but problems with it. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Kristoffer Gustafsson Salängsgatan 7a tel:033-12 60 93 mobil: 0730-500934 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list