I am unfamiliar with RDP. However, I believe the 'ssh -x' approach onlyh conveys the graphics, not any audio associated with screen reading. Best, Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Tim here. There are multiple ways to do remote access of which > Remote Desktop (RDP) is only one of them. I've never tried to use > RDP to serve my Linux/BSD machines' GUI to another (Windows or > otherwise) machine. However, I can confirm that if you're sitting at > the Linux/BSD machine, you can use RDP to access a remote Windows > machine. However, accessibility may vary if you need access to > underlying accessibility data that a screen-reader might use. > > For accessing a Linux/BSD machine's GUI from another machine, the two > most common ways I've encountered are to use VNC or to forward the X > protocol. For the former, you'd install something like the > "tightvncserver" package on the Linux machine and install a VNC > viewer on your local machine. You can then connect to it from your > local machine. Note that this might leave your VNC/GUI login prompt > up for others to hammer on, so I'd either enable it via SSH manually > as-needed, or set up a secure tunnel (either a SSH tunnel or a VPN > tunnel) to the machine and ensure that VNC only listens on localhost. > > In a similar fashion, if you have a local X server, you can use ssh's > "-X" parameter tunnel to the remote machine and open windows on your > local machine desktop. For example, issuing > > local$ ssh -X user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > creates a virtual X connection on the remote server, and then when > SSH'ed into that machine, I can launch programs there that display > locally such as: > > user@remote$ xcalc > > Again, accessibility for either of them may be limited to the > graphics, so a screen-reader might face difficulty. But a > screen-magnifier should still be of assistance. > > Hope this helps, > > -tim > > > > On December 31, 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have my ssh access and local GUI desktop working for my Linux > > machine quite well. I also have ssh access to a Linux machine on > > the Microsoft Azure service working. > > > > > > > > Before I go down the path of trying to get remote desktop access to > > the GUI, does this actually work. > > > > > > > > The article at Linux - Microsoft Azure > > <https://portal.azure.com/#@kellykellford.onmicrosoft.com/resource/subscript > > ions/968d4c66-18eb-48df-87b5-6d1918a03749/resourceGroups/linux/providers/Mic > > rosoft.Compute/virtualMachines/linux/connect> has details on what > > you need to do to connect to the GUI for a machine running on > > Azure. I am hoping to use the Windows RDP client to connect and > > just get the Gnome audio. I know it won't be perfect. > > > > > > > > If this does actually work, does anyone know the syntax to tell the > > XRDP service on the Linux machine to use Gnome as the desktop > > session? The article shows this command but it is for a different > > desktop. > > > > > > > > Tell xrdp what desktop environment to use when you start your > > session. Configure xrdp to use xfce as your desktop environment as > > follows: > > > > > > > > echo xfce4-session >~/.xsession > > > > Restart the xrdp service for the changes to take effect as follows: > > > > sudo service xrdp restart > > > > > > > > Also, thanks for the answers to my other questions here. I haven't > > contributed much here but will offer one tidbit, on the off chance > > anyone here is trying to use Microsoft Teams on Linux. You have to > > start the Linux version of Teams with the additional command line of > > -force-renderer-accessibility. This instructs Chrome and software > > using Chromium, to ensure things go through the accessibility API. > > If you don't, Orca won't read anything when Teams loads. If you do > > add this, Teams works fairly similar to how it does on other > > platforms. > > > > > > > > I know I do not post here often so in full disclosure, my day job > > is working for Microsoft running a service known as the enterprise > > Disability Answer Desk that works to resolve accessibility issues > > for business, government, education and other enterprise customers. > > I've wanted to understand how our technology works on Linux, where > > we have it available. > > > > > > > > Kelly > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Janina Sajka https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list