Accessible login prompt and i3 wm

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Tue Sep 11 16:41:28 UTC 2018


So, it's in the AUR. Is there something beyond installing the package
using some pacman frontend like pacaur or yaourt?

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> I would like to know the same thing.
> 
> > On Sep 10, 2018, at 4:41 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 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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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




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