Re: [orca-list] fluxbox accessibility

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Just an update. 
On this slow system I can be working in aprox 5 seconds. It appears to take fluxbox about 2s before I can 
successfully 
press my shortcut for launching orca. I'll try getting orca to auto launch next, but at anyrate assumng 
nothing cpu 
intensive is going on anywhere else it takes orca about 3 seconds to say screenreader on after the shortcut 
is pressed. 
Still no luck on the list of aps I mentioned before. So, with no feedback in runbox terminals or filemanagers 
it's a bit 
uncomfortable for those like myself who like feedback along the way, and when you don't remember a file's 
exact 
name...lol. For sure the ticket for jumping on a voip ap quickly, or firing up firefox. 
BTW, google-chrome browser with chromevox works, but the google-tts engines that one is forced to use these 
days since 
speech-dispatcher support was broken don't sound very good compared with when I run chrome from a full on 
desktop.
Still looking for any ideas on getting orca to work with other programs that work on gnome, mate, etc.
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.a11y.applications screen-reader-enabled true
has been done for some time here, so that isn't the problem.
--
B.H.
  
On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 01:03:14AM -0500, B. Henry wrote:

> I am always looking for how to speed things up on my netbook, and generally am interested in helping those 
> who can't come 
> by the latest and greatest hardware to have a productive accessible Linux experience. Finally I have gotten 
> around to 
> trying fluxbox, and it certainly works well most of the time when it works,, e.g. firefox performs better 
> than it does on 
> the Desktop invironments I've tried; and instead of waiting 20 seconds before I hear screenreader on as is 
> the case with 
> Mate or XFCE Orca's ready to go in 10 secs or less. (and I can't start workin the instant I hear orca on 
> the full featured 
> desktops either as stuff is still loading)
> Anyway, several programs do not show Orca what it needs it seems, programs that are normally accessible 
> with no issues. No 
> terminal emulator has worked for me yet, pidgin also isn't showing me anything, and neither caja nor 
> pcmanfm "talk" to me.
> Rhythmbox, mangler, mumble, teamtalk client, and a few others are working very well so far. 
> Has anyone figured anything out to improve interaction between fuxbox and orca, or orca and any of these 
> troublesome aps 
> when using fluxbox?
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>