Accessible login prompt and i3 wm

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Mon Sep 10 21:41:43 UTC 2018


I would also love to know how to install QT-AT-SPI that was one of the
headaches I have to deal with because I want to use mumble.

On 9/10/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hello, Didier here.
>
> I just checked on Slint, installing i3 for the first time
>
> It can be started with startx (in Slint, I just selected it
> typing session-chooser) and yes orca works with i3 as long
> as the apps you use are accessible. This is of course
> the case for Firefox.
>
> Only caveat: in Slint I had to type orca& from a terminal
> to get it started. I didn't investigate why (yet) as I am
> busy doing other things.
>
> Which distribution are you using?
> --
> Didier Spaier
> Slint maintainer
> http://slint.fr
>
>
> On 9/10/18 9:44 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> So how would I handle the login greater? Maybe I could just do it how
>> I do it login with speakup and start i3 with startx. But then is orca
>> accessible to i3.
>>
>> On 9/10/18, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I save my speakup settings by calling a script /bin/setspeakup
>>> from within rc.local.
>>>
>>> This script contains lines such as:
>>>
>>> echo 6 > /speakup/soft/freq
>>> echo 7 > /speakup/soft/pitch
>>> echo 2 > /speakup/soft/vol
>>> echo 1 > /speakup/spell_delay
>>> echo 3 > /speakup/soft/rate
>>> echo 122     zee > /speakup/i18n/characters
>>> echo 90     ZEE > /speakup/i18n/characters
>>> chmod 666 /speakup/key_echo
>>>
>>>
>>> This gives me the slow default speakup voice during the initial part
>>> of the boot process, but changes to my preferred voice near the end.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 12:02:53PM -0400, Linux for blind general
>>> discussion
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hello I want to install arch on my laptop. I would like to use a
>>>> window manager rather than a full blown desktop because I'm limited on
>>>> space. I would also like to setup a accessible login prompt. I would
>>>> like to try my hand at i3. I tryed ratpoison and I could never get
>>>> firefox-esr sound to work. Also how do you save speakup settings
>>>> between reboots. It always resets my speech rate when using speakup.
>>>>
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