The screen is displaying the desktop. How do I access it without a screenreader? Do I have to ask a sighted person to start Orca? What's the point of all this accessibility talk if I can't start the screenreader?
John On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 05:05:40PM +1100, Jason White wrote: > John J. Boyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a Pack Mate 40 Braille display, which is USB-connected. When > > Ubuntu boots up the display is autodetected. I have configured Orca to > > use Braille. However, when I type orca from a ssh login it says it > > cannot contact the desktop and says to set the environment variable > > DISPLy. I tried setting it to :0 with no change. > > Orca isn't designed to run over ssh. You need to run it from its local > keyboard and display, not remotely over the network. > > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] > For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
