Dear List! I trying Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha3 with accessibility support. Because I not want inserting manualy snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss modules and testing purpose I want makinfg different changes, I making a custom live cd with trivial offficial accessibility changes with live.gnome.org/Orca page and following changes: 1. inserting the snd-mixer-oss and snd-pcm-oss modules with /etc/modules file. 2. Configuring default accessibility support to screen reader with following: When extracted the filesystem.squashfs file and chrooted the new system, typing following commands: gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/applications/at/visual/startup true I like this, because BeLin (similar release with Vinux) using this method.
I disabling pulse audio because lot of time my machine lost speech Hardy and Intrepid. I using following documentation: http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/alsa-instead-of-pulseaudio-for-ubuntu-810-intrepid-a-non-destructive-way/ Impressions: When booting the live cd, it is very fast. Because inserting snd-pcm-oss module and snd-mixer-oss module, the sound is correct work my desktop machine, but my notebook the sound is not working because I not have sighted assistance yet. The login sound is not played, but the Orca screen reader is starting automaticaly and talking correct. I found following problems, please anybody confirm: 1. When typing any application with my keyboard, Espeak saying later the typed character, such as 2 second later when I pressing a letter for example. When moving a menu (for example the applications menu), Orca or espeak is very slow, wait 1,5 or two second before speaking. I using 70 speech rate it is very fast. :-):-) The latenci is very disturb when I trying fastest moving the menues or dialog controls with official navigation methods. I have got a Creative Audigy LS sound card my desktop machine. For example in Hardy or Intrepid, Espeak doing a little latency, but lot of slowest with Debian Lenny. If I working in Lenny, the typing is very fast, the moving operations is fastest. If I known right, Debian using oldest gnome-speech version. Possible fixing this latenci problem and fastest the speech latenci? Sure by sure, I making another live cd with only loading snd-pcm-oss module and snd-mixer-oss module, skipping the pulseaudio changes. If the problem is not present the limited live cd, I writing another letter. 2. When I launching Mozilla Firefox, the heading navigations is not speeching. For example when I pressing h key, not spokening the actual heading level. 3. When I trying install with 9.04, I founding following problemsafter running Ubiquity: - Language list is not spokening yet. - partitioner manual setting is not working, only see entire disk, but not seeing partitions and I not want losing data. I known, 9.04 is an alpha state, but if not happen drastical think, it is very stable release in final date. I would like thank everybody helping solving my desktop sound problem. I waiting alpha-4 release, because I very like testing development versions. :-):-) Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
