Speech in a terminal

Hi,
I am having problems getting things going with my Ubuntu.
eSpeak works most of the time in Gnome, but not all windows,
like the 
network window, so I can connect to my wireless.
I just re-installed Ubuntu, and although it is working as
good as it did 
before, it is no better.
So I just plugged in my serial Dectalk via a USB to serial
converter, and I 
am trying to figure out how to get speech in the terminal
window, or in the 
control + alt + F1 window.
This is Ubuntu 7.10.
Thanks for any help.
Glenn


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A few suggestions:

1.)	When you run into trouble, do not reinstall. That's not
going to
help you. Odds are excellent that your problems are not
problems with
your installation but rather with your lack of experience.
So, ask
specific questions on the lists, and be patient. Rome wasn't
built in a
day, and you're not going to learn Linux in a day either.

2.)	Not all applications on the desktop are accessible. In
fact,
it's arguably the case that most are not accessib le. So,
when you go to
some particular app, especially the system management apps
for example,
and hear nothing from Orca, it's probably because that
particular
application was written using a toolkit that doesn't
support
accessibility. Don't even try KDE apps, apps that usually
start with a
'k.' Even many older Gnome apps are inaccessible.

3.)	The console you access with Ctrl-Alt-F1 is very
accessible, but
not with Orca. For that you need Speakup, or a console a11y
app like
Speakup. There are Ubuntu kernels, I believe, that provide
Speakup
support.

Janina

Lenny Ervin writes:
> Hi,
> I am having problems getting things going with my
Ubuntu.
> eSpeak works most of the time in Gnome, but not all
windows, like the 
> network window, so I can connect to my wireless.
> I just re-installed Ubuntu, and although it is working
as good as it did 
> before, it is no better.
> So I just plugged in my serial Dectalk via a USB to
serial converter, and I 
> am trying to figure out how to get speech in the
terminal window, or in the 
> control + alt + F1 window.
> This is Ubuntu 7.10.
> Thanks for any help.
> Glenn
> 
> 
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One more thing, Lenny ...

What you access with Ctrl-Alt-F1 is not a terminal, though
it looks and
acts like one. It's called a console. By default, you get
six consoles,
F1, F2, through F6. Your graphical desktop, by default, is
on
Ctrl-Alt-F7.

There is a Terminal available on the graphical desktop,
though, and it
works pretty well with Orca. I'm not certain where you would
find it
under Ubuntu, but on Fedora it's on the Applications menu
under
System Tools.

Janina

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Hi,

I would suggest as a starting point to read the wiki pages
for Orca.  You 
will find a lot of questions answered there.  These pages
can be found at:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca


Second, with respect to system administration apps, there is
a page on that 
wiki that will tell you how to set things up so that you can
gain access to 
most of the sys admin apps.  I can start and use the Network
Administration 
tool. Go to:

http://live.gnome
.org/Orca/SysAdmin

Finally, the gnome terminal application can be found in the
menus accessed 
by Alt-F1.  Go to Applications/accessories/terminal.

Hope this helps,

dave

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janina Sajka" <janinarednote.net>
To: "Lenny Ervin" <LennyErvincableone.net>
Cc: "Orca List" <orca-listgnome.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Speech in a terminal


>A few suggestions:
>
> 1.) When you run into trouble, do not reinstall. That's
not going to
> help you. Odds are excellent that your problems are not
problems with
> your installation but rather with your lack of
experience. So, ask
> specific questions on the lists, and be patient. Rome
wasn't built in a
> day, and you're not going to learn Linux in a day
either.
>
> 2.) Not all applications on the desktop are accessible.
In fact,
> it's arguably the case that most are not accessib le.
So, when you go to
> some particular app, especially the system management
apps for example,
> and hear nothing from Orca, it's probably because that
particular
> application was written using a toolkit that doesn't
support
> accessibility. Don't even try KDE apps, apps that
usually start with a
> 'k.' Even many older Gnome apps are inaccessible.
>
> 3.) The console you access with Ctrl-Alt-F1 is very
accessible, but
> not with Orca. For that you need Speakup, or a console
a11y app like
> Speakup. There are Ubuntu kernels, I believe, that
provide Speakup
> support.
>
> Janina
>
> Lenny Ervin writes:
>> Hi,
>> I am having problems getting things going with my
Ubuntu.
>> eSpeak works most of the time in Gnome, but not all
windows, like the
>> network window, so I can connect to my wireless.
>> I just re-installed Ubuntu, and although it is
working as good as it did
>> before, it is no better.
>> So I just plugged in my serial Dectalk via a USB to
serial converter, and 
>> I
>> am trying to figure out how to get speech in the
terminal window, or in 
>> the
>> control + alt + F1 window.
>> This is Ubuntu 7.10.
>> Thanks for any help.
>> Glenn
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Orca-list mailing list
>> Orca-listgnome.org
>> http
://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
>> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca
 for more information on Orca
>
> -- 
>
> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janinaa11y.org
> Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessi
bility.Com
>
> Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone
in the U.S. and 
> Canada
> Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com

>
> Chair, Open Accessibility janinaa11y.org
> Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
> _______________________________________________
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> Orca-listgnome.org
> http
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> Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca
 for more information on Orca
> 

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am Sa 08. Mär 2008 um 10:16:36 schrieb Lenny Ervin
<LennyErvincableone.net>:
> I am having problems getting things going with my
Ubuntu.
> eSpeak works most of the time in Gnome, but not all
windows, like the 
> network window, so I can connect to my wireless.

If one knows the name of the admin tool, you can call it
from the Gnome 
terminal, for example:
network-admin
or
service-admin
You will be asked for your user password, type it and you
can use this 
tool.
Hermann
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