Peter, Thanks. That should help a lot.
John On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 03:30:06PM -0800, Peter Korn wrote: > Hi John, > > One option that should work: using BrlTTY, run 'startx' to start your > X/GNOME session, and then still from your text console, 'gnopernicus > --enable-braille --braille-port=X --braille-device=<name>' to launch it. > Once you've done this once, those settings will persist for that user (in > the ~/.gconf database) and you'll only need 'gnopernicus' in the future. > > You of course must also set the gconf accessibility flag, which can be done > with the attached script. Turn the gconf database key on with > 'gnome-accessibility on'; find out its state with 'gnome-accessibility'. > Thanks to Simon Bates of UToronto for this script. > > > Regards, > > Peter Korn > Sun Accessibility team > > > >I must admit you got me on that one. I'm not a braille display user, and am > >not quite sure of the logistics of getting braille setup in gnopernicus. > >Hth. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John J. Boyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Cc: "Cheryl Homiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > ><[email protected]> > >Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:31 PM > >Subject: Re: latest procedures for setting up gnopernicus > > > > > > > >>That sounds easy for people who use speech, but what about those of us > >>who are deaf as well as blind and must use braille? Is it still that > >>easy? > >> > >>John > >> > >>On Sat, Mar 05, 2005 at 02:11:56PM -0500, Thomas Ward wrote: > >> > >>>Hi Cheryl, > >>>The dialog box that turns accessibility on is accessible for the most > >> > >part. > > > >>>Once and a while I do have problems finding the button to logout to > >> > >except > > > >>>the change, but other wise it works. > >>>It isn't really all that difficult these days to get a working > >> > >gnopernicus. > > > >>>1. Install a stable Gnome 2.8 set of packages for your distro with > >>>gnopernicus packages. > >>>2. Start x and use alt+f2 to get the run dialog. > >>>3. Type gnopernicus followed by enter. > >>>4. Assuming there are no critical errors gnopernicus will start talking > >>>using festival, and a dialog will appear prompting you to activate > >>>accessibility. > >>>5. Answer the questions on the dialog, logout of Gnome, and back in. > >>>6. Repeat steps 2 and 3. > >>> > >>>That is all there is to it. If you want a stable branch of gnopernicus > >> > >and > > > >>>gnome. Otherwise if you want newer stuff you will have to grab them from > >>>gnome.org and compile the updated packages. > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Cheryl Homiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>To: <[email protected]> > >>>Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 12:49 PM > >>>Subject: Re: latest procedures for setting up gnopernicus > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Ok kenny, but if accessibility isn't enabled yet, am I even going to > >>> > >be > > > >>>>able to read the dialog box. Can I still use gconftool-2 to do that > >>>>beforehand. and don't I need to set up for brltty beforehand with > >>>>gconftool also? > >>>>Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Cheryl > >>>> > >>>>"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > >>>>[email protected] > >>>>http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>>>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>>>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > >>>[email protected] > >>>http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>John J. boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer > >>Computers to Help People, Inc. > >>www.chpi.org > >>6033 Monona Drive, suite 205; Madison, WI 53716 > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this incoming message. > >>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- John J. boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. www.chpi.org 6033 Monona Drive, suite 205; Madison, WI 53716 _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
