Accessible login prompt and i3 wm

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I haven't used i3. Looks interesting.

Wouldn't you just load it via ~/.xinitrc ?

Janina

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> 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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Janina Sajka

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa