There may be more to this system, but the website is thoroughly messed up to the point other languages come up on the english version of the page I have no clue how to contact support and ask a question. The boot parameter to start the screen reader ahead of the installer is classified information and hidden better than the Russian Order Of Battle and Chinese Order Of Battle. Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Oh dear, gspeech is google speech and any emmaubuntus system has to be > online at all times to use it and start it. That's an unacceptable > security vulnerability here. > > > > Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > . > > On Sun, 12 Mar 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Plus, there are Ubuntu variants for XFCE(Xubuntu) and LXDE(Lubuntu) > > and last I checked, there were XFCE and LXDE variants of Debian CD1 > > and the Debian Netinstaller featured LXDE and XFCE alongside Gnome, > > KDE, and Mate on the list of options at the install additional > > software step. > > > > Presumably, other major distros have options, either at time of > > downloading the iso, time of installation, or after installing the > > system, to setup XFCE, LXDE, LXQT, or one of the many stand-alone > > window managers. > > > > On 3/12/23, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > are you really sure it's necessary to use a specialized Linux > > > distribution just because of the computer's age? > > > > > > I mean, Linux is pretty lightweight even on the flagship distros, in > > > most cases, you're completely fine with them and can benefit from their > > > accessibility support. > > > > > > I've recently installed Ubuntu Mate 22.04 64-bit on my cca. 15 years old > > > laptop, and I was very pleased with the experience. > > > > > > Indeed, it was not as lightning as my current-one, though honestly, I > > > had a feeling most of the delay came actually from the physical > > > keyboard, which is very sturdy compared to today's standards, and takes > > > quite an effort to type on. > > > > > > But even with this slowdown, the experience was still quite fluent. > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > > > > Rastislav > > > > > > > > > D?a 12. 3. 2023 o 0:31 Linux for blind general discussion nap?sal(a): > > >> I downloaded the latest release. It has espeak-ng on it but doesn't have > > >> orca. I couldn't figure out how to get espeakup-ng to come up on boot so > > >> I'd have a talking install at least. > > >> For those that don't yet know emmaubuntus is a distribution aimed at > > >> under-powered and refurbished machines stuff that would otherwise end up > > >> in the land fills. It's for beginners to linux and the only reason I'm > > >> doing anything with it at all is to possibly help a remote sighted person > > >> migrate one or more old windows machines to this version of linux and she > > >> hasn't used linux yet. It offers xfce and lxqt as desktops. If orca > > >> isn't in the repository being used it ought to get in the repository so > > >> the desktops get accessible for screen reader users. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in > > >> defense of liberty: > > >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > > >> > > >> . > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Blinux-list mailing list > > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list