[Hudlug] latest ubuntu and orca

[MICHAEL WEAVER]

A posting has been done of info as to running Orca with the latest 
version of Ubuntu.
I have pasted it below.
Orca
UbuntuEdgyEft
Contents
1. Getting the live CD
2. Taking Orca for a test drive
3. Installing Ubuntu from the live CD
4. Booting into your new Ubuntu system
5. Where to go from here
6. Getting the latest release of Orca
1. For experienced users
2. For new users
7. Getting the very latest Orca from CVS
Getting the live CD
If you want to check out and/or install Ubuntu Edgy Eft (AKA Ubuntu 
version 6.10)
with Orca, start by obtaining a "live CD." A live CD is bootable and 
contains everything
you need to run an operating system without actually installing it on 
your hard drive.
Thus you can "try before you buy" so to speak (Ubuntu and Orca are 
free). You can
obtain the latest live CD from:
http://www.ubuntu.com/downloads
.
Please note: In order to use the Live CD as described below, your 
computer must
be set up so that your CD/DVD drive is higher up in the boot order than 
your hard
drive. There's a good chance that it is already set up this way. If it 
is not,
your computer will boot as it normally does even though the CD is 
inserted. Should
this occur you will need to alter the boot order in your computer's 
BIOS. Making
this change will, unfortunately, require sighted assistance; however, 
once the change
has been made it will be saved, so this is at most a one-time-only problem.
Taking Orca for a test drive
Once you've downloaded and burned the live CD image, insert it into your 
CD/DVD drive
and reboot your computer. You should find that your drive spins for a 
bit and then
stops. The point at which it stops coincides with the appearance of the 
boot options
screen. In order to enable accessibility options, press F5. This will 
cause a list
of accessibility options to appear:
None (has focus)
High Contrast
Magnifier
Screen Reader
Keyboard Modifiers
On Screen Keyboard
If you want to try Orca, you should press 3 to give focus to Screen 
Reader, followed
by Enter to indicate your selection. You'll be returned to the boot 
options screen.
Press Enter again to indicate you would like to boot.
Within a couple of minutes, Ubuntu will be loaded with Orca running. The 
Orca Preferences
dialog will be open, but will not have focus. Press Alt Tab to give it 
focus.
The Orca Preferences dialog is a multi-page dialog with four pages:
Speech
Braille
Key Echo
Magnifier
Use Control Page Up and Control Page Down to move among pages. Use Tab 
and Shift
Tab to move among the controls. If you are familiar with Windows, you 
should find
that the controls all work as you expect (e.g. use the Arrow keys to 
move within
a group of radio buttons, use the Space Bar to toggle checkboxes, and so 
on.) Having
made all of your desired changes, press the Apply button followed by the 
Close button.
Note: If at any time you would like to modify your preferences, you can 
press Insert
Space Bar to return to this dialog. In addition, you can use Insert Left 
and Right
Arrow to change the rate "on the fly" and Insert Up and Down Arrow to do 
the same
for pitch.
Now that you have Orca speaking the way you want, you are ready to check 
out Ubuntu.
If you are completely new to Linux and the GNOME desktop, you may find
the GNOME Desktop Accessibility Guide
helpful, especially the chapter on
Using the Keyboard to Navigate the Desktop
.
Installing Ubuntu from the live CD
If you explore your Desktop while using the Live CD, you will find an 
icon named
"install." Its purpose is, as you might have guessed, to enable you to 
install Ubuntu
on your computer. At this time, however, Orca is not able to provide 
access to the
installer if you start it from the desktop icon. This is a known issue 
and is being
addressed. In the meantime, here is a work-around which will enable you 
to perform
an accessible install:
1. Press Alt F2 to get into the Run Application dialog
2. Type "gnome-terminal" and press Enter.
3. In the resulting Terminal window, type "sudo su" and press Enter.
4. Press Insert Q to quit Orca. At this point, you will have no speech, 
but focus is
still in the terminal window.
5. Type "orca --no-setup &" and press Enter. This will cause speech to 
resume, but
Orca will now be running as root (the equivalent of Administrator in 
Windows).
6. Type "ubiquity" and press Enter.
Note: Because you are now running Orca as root, Orca will not use the 
speech settings
you configured earlier. As a reminder, you can quickly change the rate 
with Insert
Left and Right Arrow and the pitch with Insert Up and Down Arrow.
You should find the installer to be fairly straightforward: Use Tab and 
Shift Tab
to move among controls, indicating your preferences as you go, and then 
press the
Forward button to progress to the next screen of options. The one 
control that
you might find different is the City combo box. After you choose your 
city from
among the options, you will need to press Control Tab to move to the 
next control.
Towards the end of the installation, you will be presented with a screen 
asking you
about disk partitioning and offering the following options:
Resize your disk and use the freed space
Erase your entire disk
Manually edit the partition table
If you would like to have a dual-boot system (i.e. so that you can boot 
your computer
into Windows/OS X or Ubuntu), select the option to resize your disk and 
use the left-right
slider to indicate the size. If the only operating system you want on 
your computer
is Ubuntu, select the option to erase your entire disk.
After the disk partitioner, you will be given a summary of the 
installation options
you have selected. Look them over and press the Install button to 
install Ubuntu.
Booting into your new Ubuntu system
When you reboot your computer, you should hear a musical tone which lets 
you know
that the logon screen has appeared. Type your user name, then press 
Enter. Type
your password, then press Enter. Your computer will then continue to 
boot. The
first time you boot into your newly-installed Ubuntu system, the Orca 
Preferences
dialog box will be opened. Alt Tab into it and configure your settings 
just as you
did with the Live CD. For all future boots, you should find that Orca 
starts automatically
using the settings you specified.
Where to go from here
Continue reading the documentation available on the Orca wiki. These 
documents are
currently a "work in progress" so check back often! Also, if you would 
like to help
write documentation, let
us
know!
Join us on the
Orca mailing list
.
Join us in the #orca chatroom on irc.gnome.org.
Visit the
Ubuntu Accessibility site
which includes information about the ubuntu-accessibility mailing list, 
forums,
and IRC chatroom.
Get the latest release of Orca.
Getting the latest release of Orca
For experienced users
1. The latest stable release of Orca can be obtained from:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/orca
2. Get the necessary packages to build Orca if you haven't done so 
already. (Note that
in order to obtain gnome-devel, you will need to uncomment the universe 
line in /etc/apt/sources.list.):
sudo apt-get install gnome-devel build-essential automake1.9 python2.4-dev
3. Unpack the Orca tarball you downloaded and cd into its directory
4. ./configure --prefix=/usr; sudo make; sudo make install
For new users
Download the latest copy of Orca from:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/orca
. (e.g. orca-2.17.1.tar.gz or, if you prefer the more compressed file, 
orca-2.17.1.tar.bz2)
Save it to your Desktop.
If you have not already done so, you will need to get some additional 
packages in
order to build Orca. Apt is a utility for installing, upgrading, and 
removing software.
/etc/apt/sources.list, as its name suggests, is a list of the sources 
Apt's utilities
use when checking for packages. By default, Apt will not check where we 
need it
to in order to obtain the packages we need to build the latest Orca. 
Therefore,
it is necessary to edit /etc/apt/sources.list.
There are a number of ways you can edit /etc/apt/sources.list. If you 
are going
to do so using Orca, you should find the following to be the most 
straightforward
approach:
1. Get into a terminal window by going to the Applications menu, 
choosing Accessories,
and then choosing Terminal.
2. Type "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list" and press Enter.
3. You'll be prompted for your password. Type it and press Enter.
4. Arrow down to the line that reads "# deb 
http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
edgy universe
" and remove the initial # and space.
5. Press Control X to Exit nano. You'll be prompted to save. Press Y. 
When prompted
with the file name, press Enter.
Now that you've edited your /etc/apt/sources.list, you're ready to get 
an updated
list of packages and to install the ones you need in order to build the 
latest Orca.
1. Type "sudo apt-get update" and press Enter.
2. Type "sudo apt-get install gnome-devel build-essential automake1.9 
python2.4-dev"
In order to build Orca:
1. Change directories to your Desktop by typing "cd Desktop" and 
pressing Enter
2. Unpack the file you downloaded by typing "tar -xvf" followed by the 
file name (e.g.
"tar -xvf orca-2.17.1.tar.bz2") and then pressing Enter.
3. Change directories to the unpacked file by typing "cd" followed by 
that file name
(e.g. "cd orca-2.17.1") and pressing Enter.
4. Build and install Orca by typing "./configure --prefix=/usr; sudo 
make; sudo make
install" and pressing Enter
Getting the very latest Orca from CVS
Features are constantly being added to Orca between releases. If you 
want to be
on the "bleeding edge", get the latest copy from the GNOME CVS source 
code repository.
Note that the following assumes that you have already obtained the 
packages described
in the previous section.
1. Install cvs if you have not already done so: sudo apt-get install cvs
2. cvs -z3 -d:pserver: anonymous at anoncvs.gnome.org :/cvs/gnome co orca
3. cd orca
4. sudo ./autogen.sh –prefix=/usr; sudo make; sudo make install
Orca/UbuntuEdgyEft (last edited 2006-10-29 16:41:04 by
Joanmarie Diggs