Orca or EmacSpeak

[Bryan Duarte]

THank you everyone for providing me with some feedback. I understand what EmacSpeak is but does it work on ubuntu 1204? I am pretty sure I saw EmacSpeak in the system prefs of my ubuntu. I could be wrong though. So to sum it up can I use eMacSpeak instead of Orca? Also how do I bring up the settings of the OS to find out if EmacSpeak is installed already? 
On Jan 28, 2013, at 9:53 AM, Christopher Chaltain <chaltain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Think of it as a self voicing application, so it'll work whether you run
> it in the console or on the desktop.
> 
> On 28/01/13 05:19, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> Run it and you go into the emacspeak environment and remain in the 
>> emacspeak environment until you shut emacspeak down.  I think a version 
>> of emacspeak has been built that will run on mac's and use the mac's 
>> resources to speak.
>> 
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, mattias wrote:
>> 
>>> how do you use emacspeak in graphical environment?
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
>>> To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 11:06 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Orca or EmacSpeak
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> emacspeak provides its own environment not a text console.  You can run a
>>>> text console from emacspeak when necessary and doing so puts all of the
>>>> power tools in your hands Linux has to offer so it's an advantage to learn
>>>> especially if you're going for a real Linux sysadmin job or doing any
>>>> other real Linux work since most of the young sighted competitors you have
>>>> will focus primarily on the graphical user interface.  This trend with the
>>>> younger Linux workers gets older managers frustrated when younger workers
>>>> either can't do something at all or take too long to do it because they're
>>>> using the mouse and the graphical user interface when some of the older
>>>> managers can do tasks with the text console and keyboard in half the time
>>>> or less.On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, mattias wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> i think emacspeak are only for text console
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Duarte" <bryan0731 at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 3:16 AM
>>>>> Subject: Orca or EmacSpeak
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am new to Linux and am having some trouble getting to learn the OS due
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> the Orca screen reader. I will start off by letting you know I am on a
>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>> book running Mountain Lion. I am running ubuntu 1204 in VMware fusion.
>>>>>> To
>>>>>> this point I am only able to preform commands which do not require the
>>>>>> Orca
>>>>>> modifier key. I read that the Orca modifier key is the "insert" key, but
>>>>>> Mac
>>>>>> does not have an "insert" key. I have read several different posts of
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> describing a few key commands which simulate the insert key but none
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> worked for me. I also was told I can set my Orca configuration to
>>>>>> "laptop"
>>>>>> and then the "caps lock" key will act as the modifier, and yet again I
>>>>>> am
>>>>>> unable to do this.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now to the question at hand. Does anyone have some experience with this
>>>>>> issue who can help me get it working? If not can someone please let me
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> if EmacSpeak is a better option for linux? I have read lots of good
>>>>>> things
>>>>>> about emacSpeak but honestly have no idea how to switch from Orca to
>>>>>> emacSpeak. I am not bias to either screen reader I am just looking to
>>>>>> learn
>>>>>> linux well enough to write some programs, use the terminal, and call it
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> familiar OS. I would greatly appreciate any help.
>>>>>> Bryan Duarte
>>>>>> 1 Corinthians 9:24 Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but
>>>>>> only
>>>>>> one gets the prize? So run to win!
>>>>>> Arizona State University Applied Computer Science Undergraduate
>>>>>> Twitter: @blindambitions
>>>>>> Skype: bambryan
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Bryan Duarte
1 Corinthians 9:24 Don't you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one gets the prize? So run to win!
Arizona State University Applied Computer Science Undergraduate
Twitter: @blindambitions
Skype: bambryan
"Blind Ambitions"