Hi Henrik, Yes, I would be very happy to give it a try. Will it use my soundcard as the output? I have ben using other distributions of Linux but very interested in Ubuntu for its ease of use. Will I be able to activate Gnopernicus after installation is complete? Many thanks, Christian
On 2006-04-19 at 21:39 Henrik wrote: >Christian wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have just joined this list and very interested in Ubuntu. >> >From what I understand, BRLTTY is included on the installation CD. Is >it possible to boot BRLTTY at th beginning of the installation? Or is the >only way for me to get it installed ask a sighted friend or wait for the >Live CD to become ready? >> Many thanks, >> Christian >> >> >Hi Christian, > >Welcome :) > >Brltty is not active during the normal install process and I really >don't know how well it would work with the debian installer. Our primary >focus for providing accessibility is through the Live CD you mentioned, >which will also become the main install CD for most people and the one >that gets mass produced. > >The beta release of dapper is scheduled for tomorrow and should have >access features enabled by default (in theory). If you have a chance to >download and test that would be great. None of us in the devel team have >a braille device so we would appreciate help with testing (though I >really have now idea to what extent it will work). When you boot the >live CD there is a main menu and a few options that can be accessed with >the function keys. F5 brings up the accessibility options. > > >Known limitations: > >1. There is no audible feedback when the live CD boot menu appears, >though you may be able to hear the CD drive slow down. The menu then >stays up for 30 seconds, after which it boots automatically in standard >mode. Pressing any key halts the count-down. > >2. Pressing F5 and navigating the resulting menu provides no audible or >braille feedback. > >3. We wanted to activate the menu choice with a single keystroke, but at >the moment you have to use the arrow keys to select the correct option. >To activate the screen reader you have to press the down arrow 3 times, >then Enter to activate and Enter to boot. I _think_ that option should >also activate the braille device (but I'm not sure). > >4. On the flight 6 release the right options were not always activated >on boot. Bugs were filed but I don't know how how many of these have >been fixed if any :-/ > > >An alternative option would be to boot the CD normally and then exit >gnome and see if braille works on the live CD console. Of course the >espresso installer doesn't have a command prompt interface ATM, so that >doesn't take you very far but you might be able to poke around the file >system. > >- Henrik > >-- >Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
