How to use the HUD in Xenial with Orca?

2016-09-01 Thread David Hunt
When I tap the alt key, I get an entry area, typing into this results in silence from orca until I dismiss the thing. How is this supposed to work? if, for instance, I type 'settings' into the hud, when a browser window is focused, is the preferences page supposed to come up? Thanks,

Ubuntu-mate 18.04 Fwd: [orca-list] mate tweek tip

2018-04-28 Thread David Hunt
Greetings! Is there, in fact, any tab other than 'desktop icons', on the mate-tweak application?  If other tabs exist, such as 'keyboard', 'layout', etc, I cannot get to them, using the included orca screen reader.  The message below suggests a work-around for this problem, but I cannot do

Is Orca included in the minimal installation of Ubuntu 18.04?

2018-04-19 Thread David Hunt
I like the idea of this installation option, but wonder if the accessibility will be included in the result? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Ubuntu mate accessibility

2018-04-01 Thread David Hunt
Looks like I was wrong re:  the 'sudo -g' Thought I'd done that somewhere else?  Need to check.  Thanks for letting me know. -Dave On 04/01/2018 11:12 AM, Pavel Vlček wrote: Thanks for your help with panel, it works now perfectly. When I run sudo -g gparted, I get message about invalid

Re: Ubuntu mate accessibility

2018-04-01 Thread David Hunt
Hello! May I suggest a single-panel Mate layout like Redmond!  To set this,  Do, from the run dialogue or terminal: mate-panel --reset --layout redmond This will result in a layout having only a bottom panel, and a single menu, having all of Applications, Places, and System menu items.

Adding Stream URL to Rhythmbox in 18.04?

2018-04-02 Thread David Hunt
Long ago, I could add radio station url to rhythmbox, but I csnnot find an accessible way to do this in the version found in 18.04.  If, instead of looking for this option, I select a saved stream url and use the 'open with rhythmbox' option, nothing seems to happen.  Should I just use totem