Was that the gnome or mate? For some reason, Manjaro install will not let me use orca. > On May 12, 2020, at 1:14 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list