Last time I installed it, KaliLinux used espeak to install then once install had been done, orca was enabled. On Tue, 12 May 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 13:26:20 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Manjaro linux > > Hi Kyle. > > Details of the problem you described here (in the context of Ubuntu-MATE): > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1874283 > > 12.05.20 19:58, Linux for blind general discussion ????: > > On the other hand, to my knowledge, there is no distro that uses Orca > >> to make a graphical installer accessible and that all distros that > >> have accessible installers utilize either a text-mode screen reader or > >> brltty to make a text-based installer accessible. > > > > > > This isn't the case at all. Ubuntu uses Orca with Ubiquity, which is > > completely accessible. I know, I just used it last week to install to a > > rather old laptop for a client. There is a little problem getting the > > installer working from the "Install Ubuntu 20.04" app icon on the MATE > > version, but opening a terminal and running > > > > sudo -e ubiquity > > > > from there should speak without any issues. I believe someone told me this > > method worked, and there's no reason I can see why it shouldn't work. I > > can't comment on how well it works now, but OpenSUSE used to have an > > installer that worked with Orca. Anakonda in Fedora also works with Orca, > > but you need to switch from Wayland to an X session in order to make it > > work. Not text mode, just X, which is no longer the default. In fact, of all > > the major distros currently available, I think Debian is the only one that > > uses a text-based installer with a text-mode screen reader. Well, there's > > Arch, but its installation process is 100% manual, it has no automated > > installer at all, so it really doesn't count. I do fully agree though that > > Manjaro is probably not the best choice, and not only because of the > > installer. That was actually the least of the problems that we who worked > > with the Sonar project had with Manjaro, mostly after installation. > > > > ~Kyle > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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