Is this possible?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Btw, you could use the enlightenment sound deamon to forward the sound from the remote machine, assuming you can configure the Remote Desktop or session to enable the screen reader in a virtual session. I did this once a long time ago with XVNC and ESD. However, a lot has changed in the last 10 years.

-Eric


> On Feb 17, 2021, at 12:59 PM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Tim here.  Can you run firefox? Sorta.
> 
> You can forward Firefox on a remote machine so that it displays on a
> local machine using the "-X" parameter to ssh:
> 
>  $ ssh -X user at remote firefox
> 
> That said:
> 
> 1) I don't think a screen-reader running locally would have access to
> the underlying accessibility information in the remote program.  A
> screen-reader running on the remote machine might be able to access
> the information, but you'd then have to way to forward that a11y
> information back to your local machine (see #3 below)
> 
> 2) it's a really sucky experience over a long distance.  If the
> "remote" machine is on your same local network, it's tolerable; if
> you're trying to use a remote machine in a data-center half-way
> across the continent over a mediocre broadband connection, it's a
> horrible experience. I've used this in a pinch (remoting into my home
> machine from my in-laws halfway across the country and using a GUI
> application), but the latency will drive you bonkers.
> 
> 3) it doesn't forward video or audio without a few extra tricks.  By
> default, video generally renders directly to a region of the local
> (and in this context, "local" means local-to-the-remote-machine)
> place where firefox is running.  Which isn't where you are, meaning
> horrible performance.  Similarly, there are ways of routing audio
> output over the network (which might even let you run a screen-reader
> on a remote machine and have it render the audio locally; if you use
> Braille output, you might have a better time of it).
> 
> So all that said, you *can* run Firefox remotely, but it's a
> generally unpleasant—and potentially inaccessible—experience all
> 'round.
> 
> Is there a particular problem you're trying to solve that might be
> solved using means other than displaying a remote firefox session
> locally?
> 
> -Tim
> 
> 
> 
> On February 17, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Can you run Firefox?
>> Others here indicate that you do not have access to the graphical
>> desktop itself, just the same baseline tools.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, 17 Feb 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes, I have my wife set up with a graphical desktop edition of
>>> Ubuntu and I SSH from my machine into her machine regularly to
>>> perform backups & upgrades.  As long as you're running sshd on
>>> the graphical desktop (and you haven't configured a firewall to
>>> block SSH access), it should work fine.
>>> 
>>> -Tim
>>> 
>>> On February 17, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:  
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>> Is it possible to ssh into a graphical desktop edition of Linux,
>>>> Ubuntu for example?
>>>> Karen
>>>> 
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