Accessible login prompt and i3 wm

[Linux for blind general discussion]

yaourt is depricated, aurman is known to work.  I don't know pacaur's
status though.
On Tue, 11 Sep 2018, Linux for blind general discussion
wrote:

> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:41:28
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: Accessible login prompt and i3 wm
>
> 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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