Re: accessing a Linux OS on external drive

2022-12-08 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hello, I have questions: 1. how is the SD card reader conected to the computer? Is it internal one? 2. What virtualization software are you using to run the Ubuntu VM? 3. do I understand correctly that you run the Ubuntu VM on a different machine than the Asus with 4 GiB of space? Vojta

Re: Uubuntu 21.04 beta has inaccessible installer

2021-02-22 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I don't know the mailing list but I saw some conversation. Yes, Ubuntu currently has inaccessible installer, unfortunately. They are using flutter framework. But Flutter developers are aware of it and they are working on it. Vojta Dne 23. 02. 21 v 4:43 Pawel Loba napsal(a): I

Re: bad sources.list file

2020-04-15 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, could you share your sources.list file somewhere? Thanks, Vojta Dne 15. 04. 20 v 8:25 Glenn K0LNY napsal(a): Hi, I keep getting an error that line 55 in my sources.list file is bad. I can't update anything or get updates. Ubuntu 11.10 I wonder if someone here who knows more about this

Re: Orca Brltty and Ubuntu 18.04

2018-10-18 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Well, I made /etc/brlapi.key world readable. It is not the most secure solution but it works. Vojta Dne 18. 10. 18 v 12:14 Anders Holmberg napsal(a): > Hi! > Try to put the brlapi.key in your home folder. > See if that works. > /A > >> 17 okt. 2018 kl. 20:25 skrev Vojtěch Po

Orca Brltty and Ubuntu 18.04

2018-10-17 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi guys, is there anything special I need to do for Orca to work with braille displays in Ubuntu 18.04? To be more exact, I am using Accessible Coconut 18.04.4. Brltty works, for example braille in virtual text console works. But Orca does not display anything in braille even if braille support

Podcast about installing Accessible Coconut

2018-08-16 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
created a podcast which explains how to install Accessible Coconut on USB drive so you can carry it around as your portable operating system and experiment more. https://cloud.vojtapolasek.eu/index.php/s/GJmQRojkQkMeGpN I hope it helps someone. Best regards, Vojtěch Polášek -- Ubuntu

Re: libreoffice 4

2013-04-09 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I find Libreoffice 4.0.2 very accessible, Ii am using mainly writer, but lots of bugs have been fixed. Vojta Dne 9.4.2013 14:47, sunny p o napsal(a): Sir, All versions after libreoffice 3.4 are not accessible for blinds especially libreoffice calc. On 4/9/13,

a new article about Ubuntu 12.04 and Unity

2012-12-21 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
on my blog. I will probably add a link to accessible freedom wiki, because there is lots of useful information in English. So here is the post and don't forget to look at older articles. http://vojtapolasek.eu/en/2012/10/tucnak-mluvi-predvadi-umi/ Thank you very much for your time, Vojtěch Polášek

Re: New skype 4.1.0.20 version experiences with Ubuntu 12.04

2012-11-25 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I am holding mentioned version, but a new version appeared in my list of updates recently: 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 Have you tried this version as well? Vojta Dne 22.11.2012 16:28, Hammer Attila napsal(a): Hy, This day my Ubuntu 12.04 system upgraded with Skype from 4.0.8 version to

Re: Adding Skype Contacts in Version 4 for Ubuntu 12.04?

2012-10-14 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Probably yes, I do this with Pidgin and I have no problem. Vojta Dne 14.10.2012 00:03, Dave Hunt napsal(a): Hi, Using the contact search, I am able to find the entry for the contact I wish to add, but how to add him? There seems to be no button or menu option for doing this. I suspect it's

any cure for deleted key bindings?

2012-10-13 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I am still experiencing deleted keybindings for working with windows and desktops in Ubuntu 12.04. Is there any definite cure for this? I lose always the same keybindings: - switching among windows - switching among system elements - hide all windows - moving among virtual desktops and

Re: In Skype 4.0 for Linux native how can possible accepting incoming calls?

2012-08-13 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, it is possible. Just find the contact which is calling to you (if you know him) in your contact list and you should be able to accept a call through context menu. I don't know if this works on Linux but there is menu called (call( or something like that and there should be option to accept

Re: In Skype 4.0 for Linux native how can possible accepting incoming calls?

2012-08-13 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Now it is possible probably just through pidgin plugin. Vojta On 13.8.2012 17:44, Hammer Attila wrote: Hy Vojtech, Ok, but how can I known what contact searching me? :-):-) I will be try this. Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

audacious player

2012-06-04 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I am sorry if this doesn't belong here, but I was used to use audacious player, because it had very intuitive controlls etc. Now a strange thing happens - the interface is a bit changed, but this isn't anything horible. But when I try to open some folder, it scans all of its subfolders and

how to turn off orca on the login screen

2012-06-02 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I know that this question may seem stupid, but I am preparing a netbook for my family and I don't want orca to speak on the login screen. I have disabled it for user in universal access settings, but I can't find a way how to disable it for login screen. Can you please help me? I am using

ability to display icons of mounted volumes on desktop

2012-05-24 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I have stumbled over an interesting tool, called unity-2d-settings. It allows you change just few settings, but displaying icons of mounted volumes is among them. I hope it will help someone. Just run in terminal: /sudo add-apt-repository* ppa:krytarik/tuxgarage*/ sudo apt-get update sudo

classic menu indicator in unity is working

2012-05-16 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I have found a simple way how to get classic menu indicator working in unity. This tip is from ubuntugeek.com. I am sorry, if i am reinventing the wheel. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:diesch/testing sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install classicmenu-indicator I got it from here:

hud is speaking

2012-05-16 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I would like to announce, that HUD is accessible. I don't know which update caused it, but it speaks with latest orca from master, as well as with orca provided in ubuntu repositories. Just type something and press up or down arrow to get to offered options. I don't know if it has any other

espeak and libsonic in ubuntu 12.04

2012-05-15 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I am using ubuntu 12.04 and I want to use espeak with libsonic, because maximum rate of default espeak is too slow for me. I know, I am spoiled from Vinux, but the higher rate means higher productivity. I compiled the latest speech dispatcher (0.8 dev) from git, with no luck - I even added

ubuntu 12.04 release version - my impressions

2012-04-29 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, I have successfully downloaded and installed 12.04 final release. I have installed latest orca from git (gnome-3-4 branch) and at-spi2-core (gnome-3-4 branch). This solved my problem with libreoffice reading current line twice. I am quite satisfied, except for several things, I hope they will

changing rate of espeak

2012-04-25 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hello, I have tried to change maximum rate of espeak synthesizer in ubuntu 12.04, but without success. I changed values in /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/espeak-generic.conf But this hadn't changed anything. I can't find any local speech dispatcher configuration in my home directory. Where should

Re: ubuntu 12.04 daily - my impressions

2012-04-19 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Reposting here, I am sorry: Hi, thank you very much for your instructions, I was just curious. I will try the gnome, but I am quite confortable with unity and its quick searching facilities. Do I need to compile ATK as well, for AT-SPI to work? I am almost prepared to try this new LTS as my new

Re: ubuntu 12.04 daily - my impressions

2012-04-19 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Well, that at-spi thing actually ixed my libreoffice problem, thanks alot. And I love that QT accessibility - I have tried just skype or a while and qstardict, but its very good step forward. But I am woried about thunderbird - when you open a thread, I found that messae list is not updated

ubuntu 12.04 daily - my impressions

2012-04-18 Thread Vojtěch Polášek
Hi, Yesterday, I have successfully installed ubuntu 12.04 daily (probably version from April 17th. I am very satisfied with the way, in which the accessibility was done, I haven't encountered any glitches during installation, I used external harddrive, bootloader has been installed