Intro and a question

[Jude DaShiell]

Idea, just ask for a reading of the screen and listen to the whole
reading.  No need to explain about vm, they're there to look.  That will
probably make your experience better.  What you need them to help you
with is a system status report on a computer.

On Thu, 31 May 2018, Milos Przic wrote:

> Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 05:49:08
> From: Milos Przic <milos.przic at gmail.com>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com>, Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud at hypra.fr>,
>     Ubuntu List <ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Intro and a question
>
> Well, using the Be My Eyes app is a good solution, but as it is the virtual
> machine some volonteers don't know where exactly to look, and don't understand
> when I explain what I want.
> Best,
>          Milos
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at panix.com>
> To: "Alex ARNAUD" <alexarnaud at hypra.fr>; "Milos Przic"
> <milos.przic at gmail.com>; "Ubuntu List" <ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 11:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Intro and a question
>
>
> > If Milos has an android device or an iPad or iPhone the be my eyes app
> > once installed can get him some sighted help.  I've tried booting both
> > ubuntu and ubuntu-mate on a machine here after the restart dialog came
> > up and can't get either to boot.  Or at least that's the way this seems
> > now.  A little later today I'm going to get some sighted help and find
> > out what's really happening and I'll be back with that information.  The
> > machine here has 1 gig of memory and earlier versions of ubuntu and
> > vinux worked on it in the past.  The hard drive did come out of the
> > computer warm to the touch so maybe letting the hard drive cool off will
> > help matters.
> >
> > On Thu, 31 May 2018, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> >
> >> Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 05:09:45
> >> From: Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud at hypra.fr>
> >> To: Milos Przic <milos.przic at gmail.com>,
> >>     Ubuntu List <ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Intro and a question
> >>
> >> Hello Milos,
> >>
> >> Could you access your computer from SSH ? Do you have sighted help ? How do
> >> you have tried to activate Orca ?
> >>
> >> For accessibility purposes, I advise you to choose Ubuntu Mate because the
> >> Mate desktop is in my opinion the most reliable for blind and low-vision
> >> people.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Alex.
> >>
> >> Le 31/05/2018 ? 09:25, Milos Przic a ?crit?:
> >> > Hello group,
> >> > I have been here on the list for a few days now. Let me first introduce
> >> > briefly, my name is Milos and I am from Serbia, a beginner in using
> >> > Linux.
> >> > I didn't want to install Ubuntu on my computer, I just tried using it
> >> > from
> >> > my usb flash, but the use seems to be much restricted. Then I wanted to
> >> > install it as a virtual machine using VMWare, and everything seems to go
> >> > well untill I try activating Orca. When I boot it from the flash drive
> >> > and
> >> > press alt+super+s, Orca starts speaking, but when I turn it on as a
> >> > virtual
> >> > machine, that same key combination doesn't do anything, eventhough I hear
> >> > the sound that means that Ubuntu is up and running.
> >> > What to try?
> >> > Thanks to everyone in advance, and best regards!
> >> > Milo?
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> >
>
>

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