Hi, Sina: Well, it is exciting. I saw it demonstrated at Guadec this summer, but have not played with it myself yet. I do know it is in Gnome 2.8 which is now shipping, and I do know that there are specific actions associated with the kind of accessibility a particular individual may need. I do not know what action causes it to start speaking, but I'm sure that this requirement can be configured permanently on your own system. The overall intent is that you should be able to walk up to any terminal and get accessibility by invoking the appropriate action. The only one I know, off hand because it's the stock example, is to tap five times on the shift key to get sticky keys. Of course, that's not the accomodation we need, but it does serve as an example. Sina Bahram writes: > Hi Janina, > > I'll go read up on Gnome 2.8, but I was wondering what was allowing it to > have a speaking login process, where as the other previous versions could > not? This is pretty exciting actually... > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Janina Sajka > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:48 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: figured out Gnome problem > > > Indeed. Might have thought of this before, so am commenting on it now for > others. > > Gnome (and perhaps other X Window environments) has a screen that will pop > up after you enter your password if the manager is unable to get to the > Internet for whatever reason. In a general sort of way it warns you that > some functionality may be unavailable and asks you to confirm that you want > to proceed without networking--or fix the problem and try again. > > This is worth noting as it will come up especially for laptop users who may > not be connected to the net from time to time. > > Of course, the real fix is a fully speaking login process. Fortunately, I > believe this is now possible with Gnome 2.8 which has shipped. > > Igor Gueths writes: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi all. I finally figured it out...Turned out to be the hostname that > > was the problem. So now I'm trying to figure out how to use > Gnopernicus...Thanks everyone, especially Greg for all your > > suggestions. > > - -- > > "The answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42." -- Douglas Adams > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFBjXvUNohoaf1zXJMRApb0AJ44fZCnryzYB1c62xj+yDtJ78ULMgCffCO6 > > e40BUkjdWB/RTm2/eREai8k= > > =Ay95 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
