Manjaro linux

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Last time I installed it, KaliLinux used espeak to install then once
install had been done, orca was enabled.

On Tue, 12 May 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 13:26:20
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: blinux-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Manjaro linux
>
> Hi Kyle.
>
> Details of the problem you described here (in the context of Ubuntu-MATE):
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1874283
>
> 12.05.20 19:58, Linux for blind general discussion ????:
> > On the other hand, to my knowledge, there is no distro that uses Orca
> >> to make a graphical installer accessible and that all distros that
> >> have accessible installers utilize either a text-mode screen reader or
> >> brltty to make a text-based installer accessible.
> >
> >
> > This isn't the case at all. Ubuntu uses Orca with Ubiquity, which is
> > completely accessible. I know, I just used it last week to install to a
> > rather old laptop for a client. There is a little problem getting the
> > installer working from the "Install Ubuntu 20.04" app icon on the MATE
> > version, but opening a terminal and running
> >
> > sudo -e ubiquity
> >
> > from there should speak without any issues. I believe someone told me this
> > method worked, and there's no reason I can see why it shouldn't work. I
> > can't comment on how well it works now, but OpenSUSE used to have an
> > installer that worked with Orca. Anakonda in Fedora also works with Orca,
> > but you need to switch from Wayland to an X session in order to make it
> > work. Not text mode, just X, which is no longer the default. In fact, of all
> > the major distros currently available, I think Debian is the only one that
> > uses a text-based installer with a text-mode screen reader. Well, there's
> > Arch, but its installation process is 100% manual, it has no automated
> > installer at all, so it really doesn't count. I do fully agree though that
> > Manjaro is probably not the best choice, and not only because of the
> > installer. That was actually the least of the problems that we who worked
> > with the Sonar project had with Manjaro, mostly after installation.
> >
> > ~Kyle
> >
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