Question from a new member

[Christian]

Hi Henrik,
Yes, I would be very happy to give it a try. Will it use my soundcard as the output? I have ben using other distributions of Linux but very interested in Ubuntu for its ease of use.
Will I be able to activate Gnopernicus after installation is complete?
Many thanks,
Christian


On 2006-04-19 at 21:39 Henrik wrote:

>Christian wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I have just joined this list and very interested in Ubuntu.
>> >From what I understand, BRLTTY is included on the installation CD. Is
>it possible to boot BRLTTY at th beginning of the installation? Or is the
>only way for me to get it installed ask a sighted friend or wait for the
>Live CD to become ready?
>> Many thanks,
>> Christian
>>
>>   
>Hi Christian,
>
>Welcome :) 
>
>Brltty is not active during the normal install process and I really 
>don't know how well it would work with the debian installer. Our primary 
>focus for providing accessibility is through the Live CD you mentioned, 
>which will also become the main install CD for most people and the one 
>that gets mass produced.
>
>The beta release of dapper is scheduled for tomorrow and should have 
>access features enabled by default (in theory). If you have a chance to 
>download and test that would be great. None of us in the devel team have 
>a braille device so we would appreciate help with testing (though I 
>really have now idea to what extent it will work). When you boot the 
>live CD there is a main menu and a few options that can be accessed with 
>the function keys. F5 brings up the accessibility options.
>
>
>Known limitations:
>
>1. There is no audible feedback when the live CD boot menu appears, 
>though you may be able to hear the CD drive slow down. The menu then 
>stays up for 30 seconds, after which it boots automatically in standard 
>mode. Pressing any key halts the count-down.
>
>2. Pressing F5 and navigating the resulting menu provides no audible or 
>braille feedback.
>
>3. We wanted to activate the menu choice with a single keystroke, but at 
>the moment you have to use the arrow keys to select the correct option. 
>To activate the screen reader you have to press the down arrow 3 times, 
>then Enter to activate and Enter to boot. I _think_ that option should 
>also activate the braille device (but I'm not sure).
>
>4. On the flight 6 release the right options were not always activated 
>on boot. Bugs were filed but I don't know how how many of these have 
>been fixed if any :-/
>
>
>An alternative option would be to boot the CD normally and then exit 
>gnome and see if braille works on the live CD console. Of course the 
>espresso installer doesn't have a command prompt interface ATM, so that 
>doesn't take you very far but you might be able to poke around the file 
>system.
>
>- Henrik
>
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