Sorry, don't know about orca. I don't install X and a desktop environment. I exclusively use only the text mode console and I only use Linux for server and router/firewall purposes and thus no need for a GUI. However, when installing on physical hardware speakup with software speech works during the whole install process and I also get speech when booting into the installed system but not so lucky on virtualized hardware. On 15 August 2017 at 17:09, Paul Loba <pltechmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > On 8/15/17, Øyvind Lode <oyvind.lode@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all: >> >> I've been trying to install debian 9.x in a VM (vmware) on Windows. >> I use this approach for testing purposes and I also wanted to have a >> couple of vms running debian stretch. >> I have used the same iso files (written to usb flash disk) and used >> the flash to boot up and install stretch on physical hardware without >> a hitch. > > Should I understand that you got ORCA talking after installing Stretch > on your physical hardware? > >> >> However, on vmware speech suddenly goes silent. >> It happens during install. >> Last time I tried it stopped when I was about to select keyboard layout. >> I've tried it on vmware on 3 different machines (host OS) both windows >> 7 and windows 10 with the same result. >> I've also tried using usb headset and I always get speech after >> pressing 's' at the boot menu but speech stops after a while during >> setup regardless of host machine and/or soundcard. >> >> I wanted to try VirtualBox 5.2 when I read that the 5.2 beta includes >> accessibility improvements but the UI was not yet usable. >> I could setup the vm but booting up the vm and select boot media UI >> was inaccessible. >> >> I don't know of other virtualization software on windows that is >> accessible for me to try. >> >> Is this a vmware issue or the debian installer with speech. >> I'm pretty sure it would work just fine without speech and >> accessibility activated. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > Thanks, > Pawel > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
